Marilyn Stasio
New York City author, writer and literary critic
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Marilyn Stasio is a New York City author, writer and literary critic. She has been the "Crime Columnist" for The New York Times Book Review since about 1988,[1] having written over 650 reviews as of January 2009.[2] She says she reads "a few" crime books a year professionally (about 150) and many more for pleasure.[1] She also writes for Variety, New York Post, New York magazine and others. She has served as a dramaturg at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.[3]
In 1990 she interviewed British writer Ruth Rendell.[4]
In December 2018 Mystery Writers of America awarded Stasio the 2019 Raven Award for "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing."[5]
Published works
- Showtune: A Memoir (1996; with Jerry Herman)
- Sweet Revenge: 10 Plays of Bloody Murder (1992; with Marvin Kaye)
- Broadway's Beautiful Losers: The Strange History of Five Neglected Plays (1972)
