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
Life is different when everything is bigger than you…
Life is different when everything is bigger than you…It is like always being under a cattle stampede…With very few narrow openings…Feet, all widths, lengths, and colors. There are hundreds of questioning eyes looking down…Mouths twittering like birds…I’m always in fear of…
What if…
What if…Doing nothing isn’t an option…That peace is at the end of a long stretch in the road…And we must accept that anything can happen, and anything will. What if…We view each morning as a new creation…With no blur in…
Now that I’m 15 years old and a wise old pup, I have learned…
Now that I’m 15 years old and a wise old pup, I have learned… That suffering is life…It comes from unknown shores…There is no place for me to run…It is as sure as if written on a coin. Yet, I…
From the inside of a cloud…
From the inside of a cloud…Alone in its whiteness…The perfection of calm…Unwithering peace. Inhaling the fragrance…Like dipping a paint brush…Choosing a light snowy blue…Creating an image…That looks kind of like you. Acres and acres of snowballs…Acres and acres of rain…An…
I know everything about the wild…
I know everything about the wild…The mountains and the trees…I know they have an inside like the rest of us…Often smiling at the miracle. I understand nature’s maze of stitches…Can follow the needle work all the way down to the…
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.
