Background
Michael Shapiro was born in 1952 in Brooklyn, United States. He is a son of Herbert and Lorraine.
Michael Shapiro was born in 1952 in Brooklyn, United States. He is a son of Herbert and Lorraine.
In 1974 Michael Shapiro received a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1976 he obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Missouri.
In 1982 Michael Shapiro became a professor of journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He worked at newspapers in New Jersey and Chicago for five years before becoming a magazine writer. His work has appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and Sports Illustrated.
He is the author of five non-fiction books, "Japan: In the Land of the Broken Hearted," "The Shadow in the Sun," "Who Will Teach for America," "Solomon’s Sword" and "The Last Good Season."
Michael Shapiro is best known as the author of Japan: In the Land of the Brokenhearted and The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together. His works received high praise from critics.
He is also the founder of The Big Roundtable, a digital publishing platform that aims to connect passionate nonfiction writers with readers who will support their work.
(In an era when headlines often seem dominated by horrific...)
1999(Tracing South Korea's meteoric rise to powerful status in...)
1990(The Last Good Season is the poignant and dramatic story o...)
2003(The stories of six foreigners - one of them, the 19th-cen...)
1989Michael Shapiro is a member of the Authors' Guild.
Michael Shapiro is married Susan Chira, a reporter. They have two children.
