Dani Shapiro Uncovers A Stunning Family Secret

Mar 9

At the age of 54, author Dani Shapiro took a DNA test and received the shocking news that her father was not her biological father.

That discovery led her on a quest to track down her biological father (and half-sister) and unlock the secrets of her own identity, all of which is suspensefully chronicled in her book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love.

Dani is also the host of the popular podcast "Family Secrets" and author of four other memoirs and five novels. Her essays and op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, The New Yorker, and Granta. She has taught in the writing programs at Columbia University, NYU, and Wesleyan, and is the co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano, Italy.