Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker born and raised in New York City, where she currently resides. Shapiro is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School and Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Communications (1988). Her 2001 documentary film Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale, which she co-produced and co-directed with her brother David, received numerous awards, including:

Her semi-autobiographical first novel, The Unexpected Salami, was named an ALA Notable Book in 1998.

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