As a story teller I place a part of myself and my experiences in everything I write. I spend most of my time developing the characters, because I feel that people are the most complicated, fascinating and beautiful part of any story. When you read my books my hope is that you will be intrigued, filled with wonder, made to feel a little uncomfortable and then placed on the edge of your seat, kind of like riding a rollercoaster. It is what I feel is the story of life.
— Jeffrey Shapiro
Annie's World
With a gold ticket in my pocket…
With a gold ticket in my pocket…I’m off, following a gravel road that goes on and on…The mountains are coming down to meet me…Alone with myself, my deeds, and my beliefs. I like myself, so I enjoy my own company…This…
Sometimes I wish I could live by a creek in the woods…
Sometimes I wish I could live by a creek in the woods…I’d spend my mornings counting the white stones beneath the crystal-clear water…After, I’d swim in the deep still pool beneath the falls…Let go of everything…Be nothing but, Annie. I…
It’s too late mama…
It’s too late mama…I ate it…And I ate the wrapper too…Funny, the wrapper tasted better than what was inside. That apple pie was like a snake in my path…I had to kill it…I had to eat it…So, I shook it until…
Can you see it on me?
Can you see it on me?It’s sticky, like the way powdered sugar sticks to my nose…Very annoying…My tongue can’t reach it to lick it off. It’s making me cross-eyed…Surrounding my muzzle like drifting fluff seeds…Taking me from nowhere to nowhere.…
From the one lit window…
From the one lit window…From a house at the forgotten end of the street…It is so simple that it frightens me…I wonder, who has flipped the switch. To enter, I must leave my past behind…Leg go of all my stomping…
About Jeff
Jeffrey Mark Shapiro was born in Gloversville New York. Gloversville is a small town about 25 miles Northwest of Albany in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains on the Great Sacandaga Resevoir. Jeffrey grew up in these mountains riding mini-bikes and snowmobiles, fishing the mountain lakes and ponds and getting into the normal amount of mischief associated with a young boy growing up in the wild.
Books
Book Reviews
"The How I Found Trouble Books are absolutely timeless. I've read both of them at least 3 times, they just make me laugh and feel young. I've given the books to different members of my family and we all have the same reaction. Well done and thank you Jeff Shapiro. And please we need another."
Bill P.
