Barbara Shapiro

Barbara Shapiro, or B.A., or Xixi Shapiro, is an American author.^[1] Her initial works were published as Barbara Shapiro; her recent novels are styled as authored by B.A. Shapiro.^[1][2]

Shapiro at BookExpo America in 2018

Works

She has written novels, screenplays, and a non-fiction self-help book.^[3]

Novels

• The Muralist^[4][5]
• The Art Forger^[6][7][8] The book is based on the unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft of thirteen works of art.^[9][10][2]
• The Safe Room
• Blind Spot
• See No Evil
• Blameless
• Shattered Echoes
• The Collector's Apprentice
• Metropolis

Screenplays

• Blind Spot
• The Lost Coven
• Borderline
• Shattered Echoes

Non-fiction book

• The Big Squeeze: Balancing the Needs of Aging Parents, Dependent Children, and You (1991)^[11]

Awards

Shapiro received the 2013 New England Book Award for Fiction, a 2013 Massachusetts Must-Read Book award, and a 2012 Boston Globe Best Crime Book award. She was nominated for a 2013 Massachusetts Book Award.^[12]