Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Writer and Filmmaker, New York City
Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an author and journalist, and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker based in New York City. She is is the author of The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica (2018).
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Travel
The stowaway’s story chimes with the explorer in us all
Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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Sleep and dreams
Unconscious ‘sleep-eating’ might be a hidden cause of obesity
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Deep time
A tyrannosaur of one’s own
Dinosaur collecting isn’t just for museums any more – film stars and sheikhs do it too. What drives a man to covet big bones?
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