Author Talk with B. A. Shapiro: The Lost Masterpiece

B. A. Shapiro, author of the&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestseller&nbsp;The Art Forger, discusses her latest novel,&nbsp;The Lost Masterpiece. A story of love, adultery, betrayal, family secrets, and the grueling birth of Impressionism, The Lost Masterpiece&nbsp;takes the reader on a whirlwind adventure from the streets of Paris in the late 1800s and the studio Berthe Morisot shared with Manet, Degas, and Renoir at a time when it was improper for women to paint seriously to the present day. Shapiro brings Berthe’s world to life, tracing her work through generations of descendants and introducing us to a painter as brilliant and original as her male counterparts. &nbsp; We'll learn all about this fascinating story and hold a Q &amp; A on the author's work. B.A. Shapiro is the award-winning and&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author of ten novels, including&nbsp;<a href="https://bashapirobooks.com/novels/the-lost-masterpiece/">The Lost Masterpiece</a>&nbsp;(June 17, 2025),&nbsp;<a href="https://bashapirobooks.com/novels/metropolis/">Metropolis</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bashapirobooks.com/novels/the-collectors-apprentice/">The Collector’s Apprentice</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bashapirobooks.com/novels/the-muralist/">The Muralist</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://bashapirobooks.com/novels/the-art-forger/">The Art Forger</a>, which won the New England Book Award for Fiction, among other honors. Her books have been selected as Community Reads throughout the country and have been translated into over a dozen languages. She holds a PhD in sociology and has directed research projects for a residential substance abuse facility, worked as a systems analyst/statistician, headed the Boston office of a software development firm, and served as an adjunct professor teaching sociology at Tufts University and creative writing at Northeastern University. She likes writing novels the best. Barbara splits her time between Boston and Naples, Florida.

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