Daniella Brodsky was born in Queens, New York. She lived in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Long Island, Las Vegas, London, Connecticut and Washington DC before moving to Australia. Brodsky gained a Bachelor of Arts from New York University and published her first novel, Diary of a Working Girl, in 2000. She also published The Velvet Rope Diaries, Princess of Park Avenue, Fear of Driving, the young adult novel One Trick Pony and the non-fiction title The Girl's Guide to New York Night Life prior to her arrival in Australia.
In addition to her fiction writing, Brodsky has worked as a journalist and her non-fiction work has been published in newspapers such as the the New York Times and the New York Post.
Only works published after Brodsky's move to Australia are included on AustLit.
