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By Meredith Bryan 2/24/09 7:07pm

Ladies, Grab Your Mouses: Online Shopping Now a Competitive Sport

Recently, Redbook editor in chief Stacy Morrison was searching for the perfect shearling coat. “I did a quick lap of some of the stores here, but if I’m going to spend that much money on a coat, I want the coat to blow my mind,” she said the other day by phone. “So for maybe Read More

By Irina Aleksander 1/27/09 3:41pm

Tatiana Boncompagni’s New Novel Hedge Fund Wives Hits Close to Home

Earlier this month, galleys of society gal and supposed Italian nobility descendant Tatiana Boncompagni’s second novel Hedge Fund Wives (due in May from Avon/HarperCollins) arrived on book reviewers’ cluttered desks.

The accompanying press materials read, in part:

“As the scandal involving Bernard Madoff has shown, Americans are not only Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 10/29/08 3:40am

The Battle of the Boncompagni Sisters May Be Drawing to a Close

After only two enthralling days, it seems that the many-layered drama of sisters Tatiana and Natasha Boncompagni may already be drawing to a close (the public aspect of it, anyway). HarperCollins novelist Tatiana–who is either the socialite descendant of Italian royalty or a scheming fraud, depending on whom you ask–filed suit against her sister Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 10/28/08 3:47pm

The Plot Thickens: Natasha Boncompagni Strikes Back at Sis Tatiana

As we mentioned yesterday, Gilding Lily author Tatiana Boncompagni is set to face off in court with her sister Natasha over the authorship of Tatiana’s forthcoming novel, HarperCollins’s Hedge Fund Wives. Unfortunately, it seems like this isn’t going to be the nice, quiet family lawsuit Tatiana might have hoped for. This morning, the Daily Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 10/27/08 9:06pm

Twisted Sisters! Tatiana Boncompagni Sues Sis Over Book Copyright

Society girl and Gilding Lily author Tatiana Boncompagni is experiencing some family drama. According to Cityfile and Bloomberg.com, Ms. Boncompagni is taking her sister Natasha to court over a dispute concerning Tatiana’s upcoming novel, Hedge Fund Wives. It seems that Natasha, who "provided input" on the project, also surreptitiously copied portions Read More

By Doree Shafrir 9/03/08 1:42pm

The Transom in Print: Tatiana Boncompagni’s New Book; Gossip Girl Creator Josh Schwartz; and Drudge Operative Andrew Breitbart

Irina Aleksander sat down with socialite and writer Tatiana Boncompagni, whose new book Gilding Lily may ruffle some feathers in her social set. Just don’t tell that to Tinsley Mortimer, Lydia Fenet and Jennifer Creel, who are throwing her a book party on Tuesday.

Ms. Aleksander also put in a call to Gossip Read More

By Irina Aleksander 9/02/08 11:40pm

Did Tatiana Boncompagni’s Fancy Friends Bother to Read Her New Book Before Throwing Her a Party? We Say: Probably Not!

“It’s not like I was raised to the manner born,” said the socialite and author Tatiana Boncompagni on a recent afternoon as she lunched at Bottega del Vino in midtown.

On Sept. 9, Ms. Boncompagni will publish her first novel, Gilding Lily, about a simple girl from Nashville named Lily who Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 8/14/08 7:39pm

Socialites To Celebrate Book About Socialites

Via Park Avenue Peerage – Tinsley Mortimer and actress Emmy Rossum, along with Vogue, will co-host a party celebrating the release of New York Times Styles writer Tatiana Boncompagni’s new novel Gilding Lily (out on September 9th from William Morrow/Harper Collins) at the Tahari store on West Broadway. Also expected to attend Read More

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