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''.

Career

She has written for ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', ''

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The Nation ''The Nation'' is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper ...

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Salon.com ''Salon'' is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on U.S. politics, culture, and current events. Content and coverage ''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, includ ...

, Oprah.com, '' Glamour,'' and ''

Marie Claire ''Marie Claire'' (stylized in all lowercase; ) is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on women aro ...

'' 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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and

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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."Weddings; Susan Shapiro, Charlie J. Rubin"
''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, * ''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

NY Weekend Today

Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on Hallmark Channel

Channel 7 Detroit
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