Dani Shapiro (born April 10, 1962) is an American writer, the author of six novels including Family History (2003), Black & White (2007) and most recently Signal Fires (2022)[1] and the best-selling memoirs Slow Motion (1998), Devotion (2010), Hourglass (2017), and Inheritance (2019).

[13] Angela Haupt writes: "On a cold night in 2010, a retired doctor sits underneath an ancient oak tree with the unusual little boy who lives across the street.

Signal Fires, Dani Shapiro's first novel in 15 years, follows the man and his family, and the boy and his parents, across decades, lyrically examining the ways a single event can alter many lives forever.

[15] Inheritance debuted at number 11 on the New York Times Best Seller list[16] and Ruth Franklin called it "beautifully written and deeply moving.

"[18] And Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan wrote that "Inheritance is Dani Shapiro at her best: a gripping genetic detective story, and a meditation on the meaning of parenthood and family."

In 1999, Shapiro adapted Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince for an episode of the HBO animated anthology series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child.

[41] In addition to Family Secrets, Shapiro created and hosted another podcast with iHeartRadio, The Way We Live Now, which launched in April 2020 and concluded in July 2020.