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)

References

External links

• An archive of crime and mystery fiction reviewed by Marilyn Stasio since January 1997, sorted by author, not a complete list.
• Book Reviews, by Marilyn Stasio at the New York Times.
• Article by Marilyn Stasio at Variety
• Judge, Phoebe (2017-09-22). "Episode 75: The Gatekeeper". Criminal (Podcast). Radiotopia.

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