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Best Selling Author Dani Shapiro

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Best Selling Author Dani Shapiro

Introduction to Dani Shapiro. 1:24 min. Interview: Raymond Elman. Post-Production: Beverly R. Muzii.  Music: Beverly R. Muzii  Interview recorded  11/18/2023, Miami Book Fair.

 

DANI SHAPIRO  is the author of eleven books, and the host and creator of the hit podcast Family Secrets. Her most recent novel, “Signal Fires,” was named a best book of 2022 by NPR, Time Magazine, Washington Post, Amazon, and others, and is a national bestseller. Her most recent memoir, “Inheritance,” was an instant New York Times Bestseller, and named a best book of 2019 by Elle, Vanity Fair, Wired, and Real Simple. Both “Signal Fires” and “Inheritance” were winners of the National Jewish Book Award. Shapiro’s work has been published in fourteen languages and she’s currently developing “Signal Fires” for its television adaptation. Shapiro’s book on the process and craft of writing, “Still Writing,” has just been reissued on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. She occasionally teaches workshops and retreats, and is the co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano, Italy.

 

~https://danishapiro.com/

 

The videos below are organized by Success Factor and run between 30 seconds and 4 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos

 

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES:  1:34 min.

Where did you grow up and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 3:51 min.

When did you first start to enjoy writing and think of writing as a career possibility?

 

DEVELOP A VOICE: 0:57 sec. 

When I was attending the University of Pennsylvania, I dated Sarah Lawrence girls, and every student I knew seemed to have a pronounced idiosyncratic character trait.

 

OPEN TO CHANGE, FLEXIBILITY:   2:01 min.

How do you decide whether to write fiction or non-fiction?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:   1:24 min.

Who have been your role models and influencers?

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED:  3:19 min.

  What was your motivation for writing “Signal Fires”?

 

RESILIENCE:   2:48 min.

How have the experiences of being an only child and discovering later in life that your father is not your biological father shaped who you are and influenced your work?