Maureen Corrigan | |
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| Born | Maureen D. Corrigan July 30, 1955 New York City, US[1] |
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| Alma mater | Fordham University University of Pennsylvania |
| Genres | Criticism, nonfiction |
| Years active | 1981– |
| Notable works | So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures (2014) |
| Notable awards | 1999 Edgar Award for Best Critical Work[2] 2018 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing[3] |
| Children | 1 |
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Maureen Corrigan (born July 30, 1955) is an American author, scholar, and literary critic. She is the book critic on the NPR radio program Fresh Air and writes for the "Book World" section of The Washington Post. In 2014, she wrote So We Read On, a book on the origins and power of The Great Gatsby. In 2005, she published a literary memoir Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books. Corrigan was awarded the 2018 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing by the National Book Critics Circle for her reviews on Fresh Air on NPR and in The Washington Post,[3] and the 1999 Edgar Award for Criticism by the Mystery Writers of America for her book Mystery & Suspense Writers, co-authored with Robin W. Cook.
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- ^ a b Squires, Bethy (March 14, 2019). "National Book Critics Circle Winners Include New York's Christopher Bonanos". Vulture. New York. Retrieved May 20, 2019.