{"id":8,"date":"2013-05-27T00:51:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T00:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tawniodell.com\/bio\/"},"modified":"2022-07-10T18:22:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T18:22:05","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tawniodell.com\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tawniodell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/eventPhoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tawniodell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/eventPhoto1.jpg 288w, https:\/\/tawniodell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/eventPhoto1-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Critically acclaimed,\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestselling novelist\u00a0<b>TAWNI O\u2019DELL<\/b>\u00a0opened her first play,\u00a0<b><i>When It Happens to You,<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to strong reviews off-Broadway in 2019. She\u2019s the author of six novels including,\u00a0<b><i>Back Roads<\/i><\/b><i>,<\/i>\u00a0which was an Oprah Winfrey Book Club selection and a motion picture that premiered at the 2018 TriBeCa Film Festival with a screenplay adapted by Tawni. She also wrote and co-produced the popular audio drama,\u00a0<b><i>Rewrites<\/i><\/b>. Her highly acclaimed podcast\u00a0<b><i>Closing the Distance\u00a0<\/i><\/b>featuring Kathleen Turner,\u00a0William Hurt, Tony Danza, Jason Alexander, and Kelli O\u2019 Hara is in pre-production for a Broadway engagement in 2023-24 retitled\u00a0<b><i>Windows<\/i><\/b><i>.\u00a0<\/i>Her novels have been published in over thirty countries and her writing has appeared in anthologies, magazines, and newspapers throughout the world. She\u2019s the mother of two, a native of western Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Northwestern University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critically acclaimed,\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling novelist\u00a0TAWNI O\u2019DELL\u00a0opened her first play,\u00a0When It Happens to You,\u00a0to strong reviews off-Broadway in 2019. 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