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Book critic Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan's gift suggestions for the book lovers on your shopping list:

A Loyal Character Dancer, by Qiu Xiaolong

The Shape of Water, by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Detective Inspector Huss, by Helene Tursten, translated by Stephen T. Murray

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Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, is The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University. She is an associate editor of and contributor to Mystery and Suspense Writers (Scribner) and the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Criticism, presented by the Mystery Writers of America. In 2019, Corrigan was awarded the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing by the National Book Critics Circle.