Jennifer Szalai
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Jennifer Szalai is the nonfiction book critic at The New York Times.[1] Szalai was born in Canada and attended the University of Toronto, where she studied political science and peace and conflict. She holds a master's degree in international relations from the London School of Economics.[2]
During the 2000s, she was a senior editor for reviews at Harper's Magazine.[3] Her reviews have also appeared in the London Review of Books[4] and The New Yorker.[5]
She started working as the nonfiction critic for the Times in January 2018,[6] after having worked for four years as an editor for The New York Times Book Review.[7]
Frank Rich referred to Szalai's review of Bob Woodward's book Rage, about the presidency of Donald Trump, as a "Didion-worthy dissection".[8] In February 2023, Szalai wrote a similar review of The Courage to Be Free by Ron DeSantis.[9]
