| Laurie Dolphin | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Children's author |
Laurie Dolphin is a designer, author, and founder of Authorscape, a small independent book packager and publisher in New York. She is also the art curator for actor Norman Reedus.[1] Through her imprint Dolphin Books, Laurie Dolphin published and was the editor of The Last Dalai Lama? (2018) a companion book to filmmaker Mickey Lemle's award-winning documentary featuring a foreword by The Dalai Lama.[2] The book was the recipient of the Best Book Arts Craftsmanship award from the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards.[3]
Dolphin has worked on numerous projects in the pop culture, art, photography, and health and wellness genres. Notable projects include Evidence: The Art of Candy Jernigan (1999),[4] This Is Today (a history of NBC's The Today Show) (2003),[5] Giving Back (2011) with Meera Gandhi[6] and Flash Frames: A New Pop Culture (2002), a book highlighting Flash art from the internet co-edited with her husband Stuart S. Shapiro and featuring an introduction by Stan Lee.[7] Most recently, Dolphin has partnered with actor and photographer Norman Reedus, to design and publish a book of his photography called The Sun's Coming Up Like A Big Bald Head (2013) [8] and a forthcoming fan art compilation called Thanks For All The Niceness: Fan Art From Around The World (2014).[9] In 2016, Laurie Dolphin designed and published a special edition book of photography by Gelila Bekele called "GUZO," which documents the daily life of tribes in rural Ethiopia.[10]
Dolphin's work has been featured in The New York Times,[11] San Francisco Chronicle [12] and received the Certificate of Design Excellence from Print's Regional Design Annual for Evidence in 2000.[13]
In addition to her work as a designer and publisher, Dolphin is the author of several children's books including Georgia To Georgia: Making Friends in the USSR (1991),[14] Neve Shalom Wahat Al-Salam: Oasis of Peace (1993) [15] and Our Journey From Tibet (1997).[16] Her work as an author often focuses on peace projects in conflict zones that aim to teach children about diversity and peace.[17] She received the "Children's Book of the Year Award" from Parents Magazine[18] and won the 1994 National Jewish Honor Book Award.[19]
Dolphin has worked extensively with Dr. Maoshing Ni to produce his health and wellness book series that includes Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds of Ways to Live to be 100.[20] With Ni, she co-founded and is the creative director for the natural health search engine, Ask Dr. Mao.
As author
As editor