Allison Pataki
| Allison Pataki | |
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| Born | 1984 (age 31–32) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Notable works | The Traitor's Wife, The Accidental Empress, Sisi Empress on Her Own |
| Website | |
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Allison Pataki (born in 1984) is an American author and journalist.[1] Her three historical novels are The Traitor's Wife: The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America, The Accidental Empress and Sisi, Empress on Her Own.
Biography
Pataki was born in New York.[2] She is daughter of former New York State Governor and 2016 presidential candidate George Pataki[3] Allison attended Yale University where she majored in English. The Revolutionary War history of her town inspired her to write her first book The Traitor's Wife based on the life of Benedict Arnold. Her book became a New York Times bestseller.[4]
Alison's second and third books, also New York Times bestsellers, were The Accidental Empress and Sisi: Empress On Her Own, inspired by Allison's family roots in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.[5]
Allison has written for ABCNews.com, The Huffington Post, FoxNews.com, Travel Girl, and other media outlets.[6]
Personal
In 2016, Pataki wrote a piece for The New York Times[7] detailing her family's experience with traumatic brain injury and recovery. In 2015, Pataki's husband, David Levy, suffered a near-fatal stroke while the couple were onboard a flight to Seattle.
Novels
- The Traitor's Wife: The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America (2014), published by Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster
- The Accidental Empress (2015), published by Howard Books a division of Simon & Schuster
- Sisi, Empress on Her Own (2016), published by The Dial Press, a division of Penguin Random House [8]
References
- ↑ "Chicago Business". chicagobusiness.com. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
- ↑ "About Allison Pataki - Official Website".
- ↑ Pataki, Allison. "Biography".
- ↑ Jeremy Burns. "Howard Books author Allison Pataki becomes 'New York Times' best-seller". Christian Retailing. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Allison Pataki - Penguin Random House Bio".
- ↑ "Allison Pataki biography on Simon & Schuster".She has appeared on The TODAY Show, Fox & Friends, Good Day New York, Good Day Chicago and MSNBC. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
- ↑ "After a Stroke at Age 30, Making Our Own Luck".
- ↑ "Sisi by Allison Pataki - Penguin Random House".