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 that city's renowned 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, including: Best Documentary Feature; Hamptons International Film Festival, 2000 Special Jury Award; IDFA, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, 2000 Audience Award, Special Critics Award; Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, 2000 Truer Than Fiction Award; IFP Independent Spirit Awards, 2001 Best Documentary; Newport Beach Film Festival, 2001 Nominated for 2010 Emmy for Finishing Heaven ? Producer Her semi-autobiographical first novel, The Unexpected Salami, was named an ALA Notable Book in 1998. 

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