Marilyn Stasio is a

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author, writer and literary critic. She has been the "Crime Columnist" for ''

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'' since about 1988,"Up Front: Marilyn Stasio"
''

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'', January 29, 2009 having written over 650 reviews as of January 2009. She says she reads "a few" crime books a year professionally (about 150) and many more for pleasure. She also writes for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''New York'' magazine and others. She has served as a

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at the

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. In 1990 she interviewed British writer

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. (''Introducing Chief Inspector Wexford'' by Daniel Mallory; from 1990 Rendell interview with Marilyn Stasio)

Bibliography

*''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.

by Marilyn Stasio at the New York Times.
Article by Marilyn Stasio
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