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Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker. She resides in New York City, where she was born and raised, and is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School. The 2001 documentary film Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale , which she co-produced and co-directed with her brother David, received numerous awards, [1] including:

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Her semi-autobiographical first novel, The Unexpected Salami, was named an ALA Notable Book in 1998. [2]

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  1. "Keep The River On Your Right – A Review" . Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. "Harlequin.com – Laurie Gwen Shapiro" . Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. "How a teen stowaway landed on the cover of the NY Times". New York Post. January 20, 2018. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)