Taffy Brodess­er-Akn­er is a staff writer for The New York Times Mag­a­zine and the New York Times best­selling author of Fleish­man Is in Trou­ble, which has been trans­lat­ed into more than a dozen lan­guages. She is also the cre­ator and exec­u­tive pro­duc­er of its Emmy-nom­i­nat­ed lim­it­ed series adap­ta­tion for FX. Long Island Com­pro­mise is her sec­ond novel.