Susan Shapiro is the American author of 17 books, including ''The Byline Bible,'' ''Five Men Who Broke My Heart'', ''Only as Good as Your Word'', ''Lighting Up'', ''Speed Shrinking'', and ''What's Never Said,'' and coauthor of ''The Bosnia List'' and the ''

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'' bestseller ''Unhooked''. She has written for ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', ''

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, Oprah.com, '' Glamour,'' and '' Marie Claire'' magazines. Shapiro was on the board of the

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and has been an award-winning writing professor at

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since 1993. Her writing and publishing advice to students was compiled in ''The Byline Bible.'' She is married to TV/film writer

Charlie Rubin Charlie Rubin is an American television comedy writer, producer, and humorist. He has written for '' National Lampoon'', ''The Carol Burnett Show'', ''In Living Color'', ''The Jon Stewart Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', '' Seinfeld'', and ''Law ...

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''The New York Times'', July 28, 1996, accessed September 3, 2011.

Works

Non-fiction

* ''The Male-to-Female Dictionary'', Berkley Trade, 1996, * ''Food for the Soul: Selections from the

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Writers Workshop'', co-edited with Elizabeth Maxwell, Seabury Books, 2000, * ''Five Men Who Broke My Heart: A Memoir'', Delacorte Press, 2004, * ''Lighting Up: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking, and Everything Else I Loved in Life Except Sex: A Memoir'', Delacorte Press, 2004, * ''Secrets of a Fix-up Fanatic: How to Meet & Marry Your Match'', Delta, 2006, * ''Only as Good as Your Word: Writing Lessons from My Favorite Literary Gurus'', Seal Press, 2007, * ''Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships'', St. Martin's Press, 2009, * ''Unhooked: How to Quit Anything'', MJF, 2014, * ''The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return'', co-authored with Kenan Trebincevic, Penguin Books, 2014, * ''Kick Your Addiction: How to Quit Anything'', co-authored with Frederick Woolverton, Skyhorse Publishing, 2014, * ''The Byline Bible: Get Published in Five Weeks'', Writer's Digest Books, 2018, * ''Barbie: 60 Years of Inspiration'', Assouline, 2019, * The Forgiveness Tour: How to Find the Perfect Apology, Skyhorse Publishing, 2021, ISBN 978-1510762718

Fiction

* ''Speed Shrinking'', Thomas Dunne Books, 2009, * ''Overexposed: A novel'', Thomas Dunne Books, 2010, * ''What's Never Said'', Heliotrope Books, 2015,

References

External links

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The Today Show

The Early Show

Lisa Loeb's #1 Single

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Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on Hallmark Channel

Channel 7 Detroit
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