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Writers

Lila Shapiro

The Spine Collector

For years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? Or a complete waste of time?

Reeves Wiedeman, Lila Shapiro New York Aug 2021 25min Permalink

Business Movies & TV

Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants

A portrait of a toxic workplace.

Anne Victoria Clark, Jackson McHenry, Lila Shapiro, Gazelle Emami, Helen Shaw, Tara Abell, Nate Jones, E. Alex Jung, Megh Wright Vulture Apr 2021 45min Permalink

Arts

This Is Not a Love Story

When a young author started her novel years ago, she saw it as a romance. She sees it differently now.

Lila Shapiro Vulture Feb 2020 20min Permalink

Crime

‘I Really Thought He Was Going to Kill Me and Bury My Body’

A romance author accused her husband of poisoning her. Was it her wildest fiction yet?

Lila Shapiro Vulture Jun 2019 35min Permalink