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Kate Shapiro

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Kate Shapiro is an award-winning writer, editor, and poet. She published a novel with Jack Allison in 2023, Kill the Rich, a dystopian science fiction thriller set in the near future. Her fiction and poetry has appeared in Fence, Litro, Interim, and HAD. In 2018, she won the International Literary Seminars first prize in fiction. Kate graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Her next book, Reality TV Is the Devil (and Don't You Forget It), a history of Vanderpump Rules, is out in April 2027 . ...more

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	Kill The Rich by Jack Allison (Goodreads Author), Kate Shapiro (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 170 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reality TV Is the Devil (And Don't You Forget It): The Unofficial Vanderpump Rules Story by Rob Schulte, Kate Shapiro (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kate Shapiro rated a book liked it The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir and the Rise of the Surveillance State by Michael Steinberger	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
These NY Times authors are always totally bamboozled by the dopiest guys in Silicon Valley.
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Kate Shapiro and 15 other people liked Dina G's review of The Heir Apparent: "A huge NO from me. I love anything to do with royalty, so I had high expectations for this book, but it turned out to be a poorly disguised Prince Harry fan fiction… If it was complete fiction, it would have worked. But by using so many real life eve" Read more of this review »
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i wanted a dumb beach read but this book made me dumber in ways i can't begin to comprehend. ...more
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Kate Shapiro rated a book liked it London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kate Shapiro rated a book it was ok The Adjunct by Maria Adelmann (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kate Shapiro liked Ry Ry's review of The Adjunct: "Sometimes a book is so bad, but I’m glad it exists because it shows everyone that it’s not that unattainable to be a writer. This book is TERRIBLY written. Like TERRIBLY. 90% of the protagonist’s actions are editorialized versus depicted naturally. T" Read more of this review »
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