Tamar Shapiro’s debut novel, Restitution, was published in September 2025. Restitution was name a 2025 Foreword INDIES Award Winner, a 2026 IPPY Award Medalist, and one of the 49 Must-Read Books of Fall 2025 by Town and Country Magazine. Her writing has also appeared in Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Poets and Writers, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and a Washington Writers’ Publishing House anthology. Prior to turning to writing, Shapiro worked for decades as an affordable housing attorney and a non-profit leader in the fields of community development and public transportation. Shapiro graduated from Harvard Law School, received her MFA from Randolph College, and is a 2026 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellow. She grew up in both the U.S. and Germany and now lives in Washington, DC, where she is an active participant in the local literary scene through organizations such as The Inner Loop and the DC Writers’ Salon. She joined the Board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation in 2026.