Jo Piazza
{{Short description|American journalist and author}}
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Jo Piazza is an American journalist, editor, and author of thirteen books, including The Sicilian Inheritance{{cite web |title=Fans of historical fiction, women’s fiction, and mystery novels will be equally dazzled. |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jo-piazza/the-sicilian-inheritance/ |website=Kirkus Review |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=20 March 2024}} and the Good Morning America Book Club pick We Are Not Like Them with Christine Pride.{{cite web |title=‘We Are Not Like Them’ is the ‘GMA’ Book Club pick for October |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/gma-book-club-pick-october-80409790 |website=Good Morning America Book Club |publisher=Good Morning America}}
She’s also the host of the Under the Influence podcast.{{cite web |title=Under the Influence |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-influence-with-jo-piazza/id1544171101 |website=Apple Podcasts |publisher=Apple Podcasts}} She has written and reported for The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, The New York Times, and Slate.{{cite web|title=Press|url=http://www.jopiazza.com/press/|publisher=Jo Piazza}}{{Third-party inline|date=February 2017}}
Career
Piazza is a novelist and podcaster known for her challenging of "tradwives".{{cite web |last1=Ariana Triggs, Claire Hardwick and David Oliver |title=What is a 'trad wife'? These controversial women are drawing attention – and opinions |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/what-is-a-trad-wife-these-controversial-women-are-drawing-attention-and-opinions/ar-AA1dRtlW |website=USA Today |publisher=MSN}} Earlier in her career, Piazza was senior digital editor at Current TV.{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/jo-piazza-named-exec-news-director-of-in-touch-weekly-and-life-style/|title=Jo Piazza Named Exec News Director of In Touch Weekly and Life & Style|last=O'Shea|first=Chris|date=21 March 2013|work=AdWeek}} She returned to celebrity news as the Executive News Director for the print and digital editions of In Touch Weekly and Life & Style magazines. Most recently Piazza served as managing editor for Yahoo! Travel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/fashion/weddings/jo-piazza-and-nick-aster.html|title=Jo Piazza and Nick Aster|access-date=2018-07-22|language=en}}
Works
- {{cite book |last=Piazza |first=Jo |title=Celebrity, Inc. |date=2011 |publisher=Open Road Media E-riginal |isbn=978-1-4532-1879-2}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/manishathakor/2011/11/17/celebrity-inc/#425e716d3f2e|title=Celebrity, Inc.|author=Manisha Thakor|date=17 November 2011|work=Forbes}}{{cite web|title=Celebrity, Inc.|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jo-piazza/celebrity-inc/|work=Kirkus}}
- Love Rehab New York : Open Road Media, 2013. {{ISBN|9781453295076}}, {{OCLC|816030740}}{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2013/06/gossip-girl-first-time-author-jo-piazza-just-couldnt-stay-away-from-celeb-news/|title=Gossip Girl: First-time Author Jo Piazza Just Couldn't Stay Away From Celeb News|author=Daniel Edward Rosen|date=11 June 2013|work=Observer}}
- If Nuns Ruled the World New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2014. {{ISBN|9781497601901}}, {{OCLC|876669625}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-sister-acts.html|title=Sister Acts|last=Kristof|first=Nicholas|date=16 August 2014|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jo-piazza/if-nuns-ruled-the-world/|title=If Nuns Ruled the World|website=Kirkus}}{{cite AV media|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/what-if-nuns-ran-catholic-church/|title=What If Nuns Ran the Catholic Church?|website=WNYC|publisher=The Brian Lehrer Show}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/04/the-world-would-go-to-hell-without-nuns.html|title=The World Would Go to Hell Without Nuns|last=O'Connor|first=William|date=4 September 2014|work=Daily Beast}}
- The Knockoff Anchor Books 2016. {{ISBN|9781101872208}}, {{OCLC|921865479}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/07/the-knockoff-novel-rent-the-runway|title=Inside the Start-Up That May Have Inspired the Summer's Bitchiest Beach Read|last=Griffith|first=Carson|date=30 July 2015|work=Vanity Fair}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/knockoff-author-jo-piazza-talks-book-blog-entry-1.2386446|title='The Knockoff' author Jo Piazza on learning from bad work experiences for her book|last=Vanmetre|first=Elizabeth|date=5 October 2015|work=Daily News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lucy-sykes/the-knockoff/|title=The Knockoff|work=Kirkus}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/books/cool-beach-books-for-hot-summer-days.html|title=Cool Books for Hot Summer Days|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=21 May 2015|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/news/a3210/the-knockoff-book-by-lucy-sykes-and-jo-piazza/|title=The ONLY Beach Read You Should Be Seen With This Summer: The Knockoff|last=Matthews|first=Liz|date=21 May 2015|work=Town and Country}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/summer-2015-books-read-808046|title=5 Easy Reads for the Train Ride to Comic-Con (Or Anywhere, Really)|last=Reed|first=Sam|date=10 July 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web|url=http://www.twincities.com/2015/05/14/the-knockoff-youll-want-to-pack-this-read-in-your-beach-bag/|title='The Knockoff': You'll want to pack this read in your beach bag|last=Grossmann|first=Mary Ann|date=28 October 2015|work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press}}
- How to be Married New York : Harmony Books, 2017. {{ISBN|9780451495556}}, {{OCLC|1005000747}}{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/01/6-inspiring-marital-traditions-from-around-the-globe.html|title=How Polygamy, Role-Playing, and Less Sex Can Improve Your Marriage|last=Stadtmiller|first=Mandy|date=27 January 2017|work=NY Magazine}}
- Fitness Junkie New York : Doubleday, 2017. {{ISBN|9780385541800}}, {{OCLC|959666504}}
- Charlotte Walsh likes to win : a novel , New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018. {{ISBN|9781501179419}}, {{OCLC|1006803017}}
- {{cite book |last=Pride |first=Christine |title=We Are Not Like Them |last2=Piazza |first2=Jo |date=2021-02-09 |publisher=William Morrow |isbn=978-0-06-294072-8}}
- {{cite book |last=Pride |first=Christine |title=You Were Always Mine |last2=Piazza |first2=Jo |date=2024-06-11 |publisher=Atria Books |isbn= 978-1668005521}}{{cite web |title=Book Review: Christine Pride and Jo Piazza continue as dynamic duo with You Were Always Mine |url=https://apnews.com/article/always-mine-piazza-pride-book-review-7a0e0adeeecfcd2f273532fac9b5d31f |website=Associated Press}}
- {{cite book |last=Piazza |first=Jo |title=The Sicilian Inheritance |date=2024-04-02 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-593-47416-7 |publication-place=New York}}{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Amanda Eyre |date=April 2, 2024 |title=A Journey to the Boot of Italy, With Murder, Romance and Ricotta |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/books/review/sicilian-inheritance-jo-piazza.html |website=New York Times}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-03 |title=Local author's novel 'The Sicilian Inheritance' loosely based on relative's murder |url=https://6abc.com/local-author-jo-piazzas-new-book-the-sicilian-inheritance-inspired-by-great-grandmothers-murder/14611455/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=6abc Philadelphia |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-11 |title=What Does a World Without Men Look Like? Ask Jo Piazza. |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/books/a60442259/a-world-without-men-jo-piazza-the-sicilian-inheritance/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=Philly author's book was inspired by the unsolved murder of an ancestor in Italy |url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/sicilian-inheritance-jo-piazza-historical-fiction-murder/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=PhillyVoice |language=english}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=Author Jo Piazza Does Her Best Writing At 35,000 Feet |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/jo-piazza-the-sicilian-inheritance-mystery-novel-real-story |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Bustle |language=en}}
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