Dani Shapiro in Conversation with Tobias Wolff about her new novel "Signal Fires"

Bestselling author DANI SHAPIRO returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to read from her new NOVEL _Signal Fires_. She will be joined in CONVERSATION BY AUTHOR TOBIAS WOLFF. It's Dani's first work of fiction in fifteen years, a deeply felt novel that examines the ties that bind families together—and the secrets that can break them apart. DANI SHAPIRO is a best-selling NOVELIST AND MEMOIRIST AND HOST OF THE PODCAST _Family Secrets_ (now in its seventh season). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, and Time. She has taught at Columbia and New York University and is the co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference. She lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut. TOBIAS WOLFF is an American short story writer, memoirist, NOVELIST, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly _This Boy's Life_ and I_n Pharaoh's Army_. He has written four short story collections and two NOVELS INCLUDING _The Barracks Thief _which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Wolff received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in September 2015.