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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Written by Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Black and white photo of a man with a tabby cat perched on his shoulder, standing in front of a building’s doorway.

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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

Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Photo of three palaeontologists meticulously cleaning a large dinosaur skull fossil with brushes, focusing on its teeth and bone structure.

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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?

Laurie Gwen Shapiro