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Petra Mayer (November 30, 1974 – November 13, 2021) was an American book review editor and journalist. She was a book editor at NPR, working in the Culture section, and was known for her coverage of San Diego Comic-Con and organizing an interactive book recommendation guide called Book Concierge.
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 [3] and in The Washington Post, 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. [2]
Ann K. Powers (born February 4, 1964) [1] is an American writer and popular music critic. [2] She is a music critic for NPR and a contributor at the Los Angeles Times, where she was previously chief pop critic.
Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons. [3] [4] [5] He had a sister who died at a young age.[6] [7] He grew up in major cities across the United States and Canada, including Chicago; New York City; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Montreal; Cleveland; and Washington, D.C. [4]
David Bianculli (born 1953 or 1954) [1] is an American TV critic, columnist, radio personality, non-fiction author and university professor. Bianculli has served as the television critic for NPR's radio show Fresh Air since the Philadelphia-based show went national in 1987, [2] [3] and often fills in for the show's host, Terry Gross. [4]
Neimark has also been published in The New York Times, [7] Discover Magazine, Scientific American, Science, The Atlantic Monthly, [8] Aeon, Undark Magazine, Sapiens, NPR, Nautilus and Psychology Today on topics ranging from biology and physics to the mind and the soul. She has written poetry and reviews for the Massachusetts Review, Borderlands ...
Rabbits for Food, Kirshenbaum's seventh novel, was chosen as one of NPR's Favorite Books of the Year, [9] and as a New York Times Editor's Choice [10] and Notable Book of 2019. [11] Nancy Pearl , book reviewer for NPR, chose it as the best work of fiction of 2019 and one of the thirteen best fiction books of the decade. [ 12 ]
Noah Adams on "All Things Considered": A Radio Journal (1992; ISBN 0-393-03043-1)—Follows his work for NPR during the volatile news year of June 4, 1989 to June 4, 1990. Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventures (1997; ISBN 0-385-31821-9 )—Documents his struggles and musings on learning how to play the piano at age 51.