Marilyn Stasio is a New York City area 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, The New York Post, New York magazine and others. She has served as a dramaturg at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.[3]