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Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s biography of Amelia Earhart will be published next year by Viking Books. She is an adjunct professor of journalism at NYU, and the 2022 winner of the Silurian Press Club’s People Profile award for her New York Times profile on World War II pilot Si Spiegel.
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How Amelia Earhart Just Turned Up in the Halls of Congress
SIGHTED AT LASTIt was a long and arduous journey, but Earhart just became the 11th woman to join the pantheon of 100 statues allowed in the U.S. Capitol.
Laurie Gwen Shapiro | Published Aug 06, 2022

The Amelia Earhart Kimono That Spikes a Racist Legend
the great vanishingThe kimono helped launch an unkillable conspiracy theory that the Japanese kidnapped Earhart. The garment hasn’t been seen for decades—until now.
Laurie Gwen Shapiro | Published Jun 25, 2022

Admiral Byrd’s Secretly Boozy Expedition to Antarctica
Booze CruiseHow the famous explorer and his crew drank their way through their Prohibition-era adventure.
Laurie Gwen Shapiro | Published Jan 10, 2018
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