Dani Shapiro

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dani Shapiro
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Apr 10, 1962(1962-04-10)
Age	62
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Aries

Dani Shapiro Biography

Dani Shapiro is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on April 10, 1962 in New York, United States. The author of several novels, such as Picturing the Wreck and Fugitive Blue, she also wrote two bestseller autobiographies, Devotion in addition to Slow Motion. She was also a journalist and contributed to publications such including Vogue as well as The New Yorker.

Her memoir was featured, Devotion, on a 2013 episode of She promoted her memoir, Devotion, on a 2013 episode of Oprah Winfrey‘s Super Soul Sunday talk show.’s Super Soul Sunday talk show.

Shapiro has been married since 1997 to screenwriter Michael Maren, and they have a son, Jacob. In the early 2000s, Dani and her family moved from Brooklyn, NY to Litchfield, Connecticut.

In addition to The New Yorker, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and Elle, Shapiro’s writing has also appeared in Salon, and n+1, among others. Shapiro has also written for the screen; in 1999, she adapted Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince for HBO and in 2000, she co-wrote a screenplay based on her memoir, Slow Motion, with her husband, journalist and screenwriter Michael Maren.

She and her screenwriter husband Michael Maren, collaborated on screenplay versions of her memoir from 1998, Slow Motion.

Dani Shapiro Net Worth

Dani Shapiro is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dani Shapiro 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After completing her studies at Sarah Lawrence College in New York She wrote her debut novel Playing with Fire.

The writer taught writing and creative expression at Wesleyan University, Columbia University and The New School.

Shapiro was born Daneile Shapiro on April 10, 1962 In New York City. She is the daughter of Paul Shapiro, from an Orthodox Jewish family (who, she later learned through a recreational DNA test, was not her biological father), and Irene Shapiro, from South Jersey. Shapiro attended a Solomon Schechter Jewish day school through 6th grade, after which she attended the Pingry School in New Jersey. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she was taught by Grace Paley.

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Who is Dani Shapiro Dating?

According to our records, Dani Shapiro married to Michael Maren. As of December 1, 2023, Dani Shapiro’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Dani Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dani Shapiro celebrates birthday on April 10 of every year.

Top Facts about Dani Shapiro

1. Dani Shapiro is an American memoirist, novelist, and essayist.
2. She has written 5 novels and 5 memoirs.
3. Her memoir “Inheritance” was a New York Times bestseller.
4. Shapiro has been published in The New Yorker, Granta, and more.
5. She teaches writing at Columbia University and online courses.
6. Shapiro hosts the podcast “Family Secrets.”
7. Her work explores themes of identity, family, and spirituality.
8. She has over 100k followers on Twitter (@danijshapiro).
9. Shapiro was born in New Jersey in 1962.
10. She is married to journalist Michael Maren and they have one son together.

Is inheritance by Dani Shapiro a true story?

Dani Shapiro tells the true story of her DNA test journey in Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love. On a lark, she does a DNA test and unexpectedly discovers that her dad isn’t her biological father.

Did Dani Shapiro meet her biological father?

Years after her dad died, Dani Shapiro found out he was not her biological father. But she had long sought to better understand him through her writing before that moment. “My dad died before he had a chance to be proud of me. That has been one of the driving forces of my life as a writer.

Who is Ben Walden Dani Shapiro?

Finding that man, she writes, “was not the end of the mystery, but the beginning.” Ben Walden ( a pseudonym Shapiro uses for him in the book ) was not some secret lover. He was a medical student when he donated sperm at a fertility clinic, and it was there Shapiro was conceived.

Where did Dani Shapiro go to college?

Education

What is Dani Shapiro's family secret?

When memoirist Dani Shapiro took one of those at-home DNA testing kits, she thought it would tell her what she already knew: that she was Jewish, just like her parents and her parents’ families. But her results revealed a family secret: one of her parents was not biologically related to her. Dani with her dad.