About Arthur Shapiro
Arthur is a former marketing and business consultant passionate about telling stories. He considers himself a storyteller above all else, whether it’s marketing and brand building, blogging, playwriting, filmmaking, or writing books.
Arthur's second book is The Big Apple Bites Back: Short Stories about Life in New York City. His first is Inside the Bottle: People, Brands, and Stories, an intimate and informative behind-the-scenes window on the global spirits and wine industry.
His work life began in marketing and polling, but he spent most of his career in the alcohol industry. Most notably, he spent fifteen years with Seagram Spirits and Wine, including 10 years as Chief Marketing Officer for the Americas.
Arthur’s writing journey has taken him in several directions. In 2010, he launched his popular blog, Booze Business, and his first book followed that.
As a filmmaker, he wrote and produced a short film called Bereavement, which starred Mark Linn-Baker, Michael Mastro, Lizbeth McKay, and Lauren Ashley Carter. The film was selected for five short film festivals.
Playwriting has been a particular passion. Arthur has written many short plays. One of them was Stuck, who was a winner at the Short Play Festival, Players Theatre in New York. His work-in-progress one-act play, Brooklyn Moonshine War, was stage read at the Manhattan International Theatre Festival.
Arthur is a Lifetime Member of The Dramatists Guild of America (DGA), the national, professional membership trade association of theatre writers, including playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. He has taken several courses in playwriting at the Dramatist Guild Institute (DGI), the educational arm of the guild.
Arthur and his wife, Marlene, have two daughters and three grandchildren. They moved to the desert in 2021. Since then, Arthur has become a regular contributor to the Rancho Mirage Del Webb newsletter and magazine, organized a Writers Forum, and is a member of the Palm Springs Writers Guild.
Arthur Shapiro