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B. A. Shapiro
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B. A. Shapiro

B. A. Shapiro Biography

B. A. Shapiro is the bestselling author of The Collector's ApprenticeThe Muralist, and The Art Forger, which won the New England Book Award for Fiction and the Boston Authors Society Award for Fiction, among other honors. Her books have been selected as community reads in numerous cities and translated throughout the world. Before becoming a novelist, she taught sociology at Tufts University and creative writing at Northeastern University. She and her husband, Dan, divide their time between Boston and Florida.

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The Lost Masterpiece jacket Metropolis jacket The Collector's Apprentice jacket The Art Forger jacket
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