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. 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. The book was the recipient of the Best Book Arts Craftsmanship award from the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Publishing 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),Jernigan, Candy. Evidence "The Art of Candy Jernigan" Ed. Laurie Dolphin. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle, 1999. This Is Today (a history of NBC's The Today Show) (2003),Mink, Eric. “This Is Today: A Window on Our Times.” Andrews McMeel Pub, Giving Back (2011) with Meera GandhiGandhi, Meera. Giving Back. New York, NY: Dolphin Jones, 2011. 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.Shapiro, Stuart S. and Laurie Dolphin. “Flash Frames: A New Pop Culture.” Watson Guptill Publications. 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) Reedus, Norman. “The Sun's Coming Up Like A Big Bald Head” New York, NY: Authorscape, 2013. and a forthcoming fan art compilation called Thanks For All The Niceness: Fan Art From Around The World (2014).Ayers, Mike. "'Walking Dead' Star Norman Reedus Publishing Daryl Dixon Fan Art Book." The Wall Street Journal: Speakeasy. WSJ, 15 Sept. 2014. Web. 18 Sept. 2014. <https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/09/15/norman-reedus-daryl-dixon-fan-art-book/>. 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.
Dolphin's work has been featured in The New York Times,Musleah, Rachel. "Through Age-Old Enmity, With Sensitivity." The New York Times 14 Nov. 1993, Sunday ed., Long Island sec. Print. San Francisco Chronicle"Holiday Book Review." San Francisco Chronicle 21 Nov. 1993, Sunday ed., Books sec. Print., and received the Certificate of Design Excellence from Print's Regional Design Annual for Evidence in 2000."Print's Regional Design Annual 2000." Print Magazine 1 Sept. 2000. Print.
Children's books 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),Dolphin, Laurie. Georgia To Georgia: Making Friends In The USSR. New York, NY: Tambourine, 1991. Print. Neve Shalom Wahat Al-Salam: Oasis of Peace (1993) Dolphin, Laurie. Neve Shalom Wahat Al-Salam: Oasis of Peace. New York, NY: Scholastic, 1993. Print. and Our Journey From Tibet (1997).Dolphin, Laurie. Our Journey From Tibet. New York, NY: Dutton Children's, 1997. Print. Her work as an author often focuses on peace projects in conflict zones that aim to teach children about diversity and peace.Musleah, Rachel. "Through Age-Old Enmity, With Sensitivity." The New York Times 14 Nov. 1993, Sunday ed., Long Island sec. Print. She received the "Children's Book of the Year Award" from Parents MagazineBest Kids' Books of 1993." Parents Magazine 1 Dec. 1993: 189. Print. and won the 1994 National Jewish Honor Book Award.Posner, Marcia. The Jewish Book Council 45th Annual National Jewish Book Awards 1993-1994. New York, NY: Jewish Book Council, 1994. Print.
Ask. Dr. Mao 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.Ni, Maoshing. Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds of Ways to Live to Be 100. San Francisco: Chronicle, 2006. With Ni, she co-founded and is the creative director for the natural health search engine, Ask Dr. Mao.
Bibliography As author Georgia to Georgia (1991) Oasis of Peace (1993) Our Journey From Tibet (1997) Magical Objects From Around The World (1997)Dolphin, Laurie. Magical Objects From Around The World. New York, NY: Duton Children's, 1997.
As editor Evidence: The Art of Candy Jernigan (1999) Flash Frames: A New Pop Culture (2002) Today's Kitchen (2005)Today's Kitchen: Cookbook. Des Moines, Iowa: Meredith, 2005. The Last Dalai Lama? (2018)
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