Meet the Readers: Deborah Shapiro

Deborah Shapiro is the author of the novels The Sun in Your Eyes (a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice), The Summer Demands, and Consolation. Her latest book is Watching the Detective. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Sight Unseen, Chicago Magazine, Literary Hub, Washington Square Review, and elsewhere. She is the publisher of B-Side Editions and lives with her family in Chicago.

Join Deborah and our other exceptional readers on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf! Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30. It's free, and 21-and-over. Please RSVP on Facebook.