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.