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Ellen Shapiro

Ellen Shapiro

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Writer / Fact-checker / Book reviewer

  • Education

    • Teaching House

      2010 - 2010
      University of Cambridge ESOL Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)

      With a curriculum developed and assessed by the University of Cambridge, CELTA is an internationally-recognized ESL teaching certificate.

    • French Culinary Institute

      2010 - 2010
      Food Writing

      The Craft of Food Writing seminar with renowned restaurant critic and journalist Alan Richman

    • Trinity College-Hartford

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      Bachelor’s Degree

    • Columbia University

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      Fiction Writing Graduate Workshop

  • Experience

    • People Magazine

      Jan 1990 - Jan 1999
      Fact-checker

      FACT-CHECKER• Worked on a wide range of crime, medical and human interest stories, closely coordinating with Time Inc. lawyers to ensure the accuracy of all sources

    • People Magazine

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2020

      Specializing in fiction and literary mysteries Human interest reporter for political, crime and human interest stories, including the Obama Inauguration, the death of John Paul II, profiles of teenage truck stop prostitutes and the first CSI for animal cruelty cases

      • Book Reviewer

        Jan 2003 - Jan 2020

      • Reporter / Researcher

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2010

    • Dulcinea Media

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2009
      Web reporter

      Writer of various new stories on this groundbreaking site, known as the “Librarian of the Internet"

    • EBay / Nonfiction authors

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2012
      Researcher / Fact-checker

      • Located and interviewed candidates for eBay web videos, designed to rebrand the company as an essential part of American family life.• Nonfiction projects include Allison Adato's Smart Chefs Stay Slim: Lessons in Eating and Living From America's Best Chefs, published by NAL/Penguin

    • Time Books / People Books

      Jan 2011 - Mar 2020
      Writer / Researcher / Fact-checker

      Writer for a wide range of non-fiction books, including biographies (Queen Elizabeth, Muhammad Ali, Caitlyn Jenner), science (The Secrets of Genius, 100 New Scientific Discoveries) and pop culture (histories of Saturday Night Live, the Beatles and The Food Network)

    • 9/12: The Epic Battle of the Ground Zero Responders by William Groner and Tom Teicholz

      Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
      Fact-checker

      Fact-checked a 400-page manuscript about the medical consequences from the toxic dust following the World Trade Center attacks and the epic legal fight to get compensation for first responders.

    • Made in China A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods

      Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
      Fact-checker

      Fact-checked non-fiction exposé by investigative journalist Amelia Pang, who pulls back the curtain on Chinese labor camps that create the home goods Americans buy every day. To be published by Workman Press.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • University of Cambridge ESOL Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)

      Teaching House/University of Cambridge ESOL

  • Volunteer Experience

    • English Conversation Teacher

      Issued by Brooklyn Public Library on Jan 2012
      Brooklyn Public LibraryAssociated with Ellen Shapiro