books by shira
new book coming October 31st, 2024
Shoreline, A memoir of wandering, friendship, and finding home, will be published by Guernica World Editions
2024
Awake in the Dark
Bold and deeply affecting, Awake in the Dark is a provocative and haunting work of fiction about who we are and how we are formed by history.
The Listener
Set against the backdrop of the insanity of war, The Listener explores the havoc historical trauma plays with the psyche, and illuminates the uncertain boundary between sanity and insanity.
A Mind of Winter
A Mind of Winter is a complex, page-turning, literary psychological thriller, which takes up a rich array of themes: the ways in which we choose our beliefs and build our lives and the ways in which circumstances inevitably shape personal identity and destiny.
River
River is the story of a fourteen-year-old girl who travels back in time, and across continents, encountering her maternal forbears when they were her age.
COMING SOON
NYC production of “Awake in the Dark: A Theater Music Work.”
Dec 5, 6, 7 & 8, 2024
The Sam mainstage at The Flea Theater
20 Thomas St., NY, NY 10007
Starring Antoinette LaVecchia and Juliana Sass.
Jack Kessler: Viola
Todd Palmer: Clarinet
Nathaniel LaNasa: Piano
Director: Maria Mileaf
Set Design: Neil Patel
Producers: David Urrutia and Elizabeth Cuthrell, Evenstar Films
Meet Shira
Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, New England Review, and Boulevard. She is the recipient of three year-long grants from the Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board, and is a recent MacDowell Fellow.