Helene Stapinski

Helene Stapinski is the nationally bestselling author of three memoirs: Five-Finger Discount , Murder in Matera , and Baby Plays Around . She writes regularly for The New York Times ; her work has also appeared in The Washington Post , New York magazine, Travel & Leisure , and dozens of other publications. She teaches at New York University and lives in Brooklyn.

Helene Stapinski is the nationally bestselling author of three memoirs: Five-Finger Discount , Murder in Matera , and Baby Plays Around . She writes regularly for The New York Times ; her work has also appeared in The Washington Post , New York magazine, Travel & Leisure , and dozens of other publications. She teaches at New York University and lives in Brooklyn. See less