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,"Up Front: Marilyn Stasio", New York Times Book Review, January 29, 2009 having written over 650 reviews as of January 2009.*Book Reviews, by Marilyn Stasio at the New York Times. She says she reads "a few" crime books a year professionally (about 150) and many more for pleasure. 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.
In 1990 she interviewed British writer Ruth Rendell. (Introducing Chief Inspector Wexford by Daniel Mallory; from 1990 Rendell interview with Marilyn Stasio)
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."
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