Barbara Shapiro
# Barbara Shapiro

Barbara Shapiro, or B.A., or Xixi Shapiro, is an 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.

