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Shirley Lauro | |
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Born | Shirley Shapiro Des Moines, Iowa, United States |
Occupation | Playwright, novelist, screenwriter |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Northwestern University University of Wisconsin-Madison Columbia University |
Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellow (1985) |
Spouse | Louis Lauro (1928-2016) Norton Mezvinsky (born 1932) |
Shirley Shapiro Mezvinsky Lauro (née Shapiro) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Her plays include A Piece of my Heart, Open Admissions, The Radiant, All Through the Night and others. Her novel is The Edge and she edited an anthology, Political Plays by American Women, with Alexis Greene.