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B.A. Shapiro
Barbara Shapiro, or B.A., or Xixi Shapiro, is an American literature, American author. Her initial works were published as Barbara Shapiro; her recent novels are styled as authored by B.A. Shapiro. Works She has written novels, screenplays, and a non-fiction self-help book. Novels * ''The Muralist'' * ''The Art Forger'' The book is based on the unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft of thirteen works of art. * ''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) 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. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Literature
American literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and in the colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition thus is part of the broader tradition of English-language literature, but also includes literature of other traditions produced in the United States and in other immigrant languages. Furthermore, a rich tradition of oral storytelling exists amongst Native American tribes. The American Revolutionary Period (1775–1783) is notable for the political writings of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson. An early novel is William Hill Brown's ''The Power of Sympathy'' published in 1791. Writer and critic John Neal in the early-mid nineteenth century helped advance America's progress toward a unique literature and culture, by criticizing predecessors like Washington Irving for imitating their British counterparts and influencing others like Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe took American p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
