Dani Shapiro has written for magazines such as The New Yorker, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and Elle.
12 Facts About Dani Shapiro
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Dani Shapiro is the daughter of Paul Shapiro, from an Orthodox Jewish family, and Irene Shapiro, from South Jersey.
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Dani Shapiro attended a Solomon Schechter Jewish day school through 6th grade, after which she attended the Pingry School in New Jersey.
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Dani Shapiro attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she was taught by Grace Paley.
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Dani Shapiro's best-selling memoirs include Slow Motion, Devotion, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage, and most recently, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love.
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In Inheritance, Dani Shapiro writes about her experience of learning through a recreational DNA test that her biological father was not Paul Dani Shapiro; rather, she had been conceived by the primitive practice of mixing Paul's sperm with that of an anonymous donor, whom she later was able to identify.
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In 1999, Dani Shapiro adapted Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince for an episode of the HBO animated anthology series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child.
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Dani Shapiro has taught writing classes and workshops at NYU, Wesleyan University and Columbia University as well Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, 1440 Multiversity, and Fine Arts Work Center.
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Dani Shapiro co-founded the Sirenland Writers Conference, which takes place annually in Positano, Italy.
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In collaboration with iHeartRadio, Dani Shapiro launched the original podcast Family Secrets in 2019.
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Dani Shapiro has been married screenwriter Michael Maren since 1997, and they have a son, Jacob.
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Dani Shapiro wrote that in February 2024 she was diagnosed with a rare malignant tumor in the back of her eye, which she later learned would not be fatal.