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Dani Shapiro (born April 10, 1962) is an American writer, the author of six novels including Family History (2003), Black & White (2007) and most recently Signal Fires (2022) and the best-selling memoirs Slow Motion (1998), Devotion (2010), Hourglass (2017), and Inheritance (2019).
Dani Shapiro is the author of eleven books, including the bestselling novels Signal Fires and Inheritance. She also hosts the podcast Family Secrets and teaches workshops and retreats on writing craft and process.
Dani Shapiro reveals her shocking discovery that her father was not her biological father and explores the meaning of ancestry and parenthood. Inheritance is a gripping and personal story of secrets, science, and selfhood.
Dani Shapiro is the bestselling author of the memoirs Hourglass, Still Writing, Devotion, and Slow Motion, and five novels including Black & White and Family History. She lives with her family in LItchfield County, Connecticut. Her latest memoir, Inheritance, will be published by Knopf in January, 2019.
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Explore the books, essays, and podcasts by Dani Shapiro, a best-selling author and a National Book Award finalist. Learn about her personal and professional journey, her creative process, and her insights on life, love, and writing.
Oct 18, 2022 · Dani Shapiro writes a tender and haunting novel of the stars, time, grief, love, loss, trauma, the sickness of the soul and the cancer of silence and secrets, set primarily in Avalon, New York.
Oct 22, 2022 · NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Dani Shapiro about her new novel, "Signal Fires," which follows how lives in one neighborhood change following a car accident in 1985. SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
