Leanne Shapton is an author, artist, illustrator and publisher based in New York City. She is currently the art editor at The New York Review of Books . She is the co-founder, with photographer Jason Fulford, of J&L Books. Shapton is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Shapton is the author of nine books: Toronto ; Was She Pretty? ; Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris , Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry ; Native Trees of Canada ; Sunday Night Movies ; Swimming Studies ; Guest Book: Ghost Stories ; In Cars and Toys Talking, a children's book . Swimming Studies won the 2012 National Book Critic's Circle Award for autobiography, and was long listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012.