Tiffanie DeBartolo (born November 27, 1970) is an American novelist, filmmaker, co-founder of the independent record label Bright Antenna, and co-founder of The ShineMaker Foundation. Tiffanie has written three novels: ''God-Shaped Hole,'' ''How To Kill a Rock Star,'' and ''Sorrow''. She wrote and directed the film ''

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'', featuring Ione Skye and

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, released in 1996. She also penned the text to the graphic novel ''GRACE: The Jeff Buckley Story'', which was released in April 2019.

Biography

DeBartolo is the daughter of former

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owner Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. She attended the all-girls Villa Maria High School and dropped out her senior year when they wouldn't let her graduate early. She later obtained her GED and graduated from

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with a philosophy degree, then moved to Los Angeles. She has previously lived in New York City and Boulder, Colorado, and now resides in the

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. Her novel writing career began after her screenwriting/directorial debut, with ''God-Shaped Hole'' (2002) and ''How to Kill a Rock Star'' (2005), both from Sourcebooks Landmark.

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has praised her sophomore novel, saying it has "Wonderful characters wrapped up in a story that moves like an express train". ''God-Shaped Hole'' was published in the UK as ''The Shape of My Heart''. In 2020 she released ''Sorrow'' published by Woodhall Press. ''Sorrow'' was inspired by the song of the same name by The National from their 2010 album '' High Violet''. She also wrote the text for ''Grace: Based on the Jeff Buckley Story'', a

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about American musician

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(2019).

Bright Antenna

She is one of the owners of the

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record label Bright Antenna, which has released music by

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, PREP,

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, Fana Hues, Roman Lewis, Wilderado,

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, Flagship, In The Valley Below, Beware of Darkness, Jimmy Gnecco of OURS, and Cheerleader.

ShineMaker Foundation

She is the co-founder of the ShineMaker Foundation which she started along with her husband Scott Schumaker.

Publications

* DeBartolo, Tiffanie. Sorrow. Woodhall Press LLP, 2020. *DeBartolo, Tiffanie. Grace: Based on the Jeff Buckley Story. First Second, 2019. * DeBartolo, Tiffanie. How to Kill a Rockstar. Sourcebooks Landmark, 2005. *DeBartolo, Tiffanie. God Shaped Hole. Sourcebooks Landmark, 2002

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