Even though Big Stone Gap takes place in Virginia, Adriana Trigiani is based in Greenwich Village, New York City.
 Based on Trigiani's 2000 best-selling novel of the same name, the story is set in the actual Virginia town of Big Stone Gap circa 1970s. 
Adriana Trigiani is an Italian American best-selling author of sixteen books, television writer, film director, and entrepreneur based in Greenwich Village, New York City. 
