Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Scott Spencer's new book, Men In Black, about a novelist, and how his success affects his family life.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan review Martin Amis's nimble, cynical novel, The Information.

Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Krik? Krak!," the new short story collection by acclaimed novelist Edwidge Danticat.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two summer thrillers: The Rainmaker by John Grisham (Doubleday), and Poison by Kathryn Harrison (Random House).

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the imaginative author's comic novel, Moo.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Wonder Boys," by Michael Chabon. His first novel, a best seller, "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" was originally written as his Master's Thesis in college.

Fresh Air commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank. The book is a newly expanded edition of the famous text which Anne's father Otto Frank, the only survivor, published.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "The Polish Officer," a new World War II espionage novel from Alan Furst.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new book, "Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s" by Ann Douglas, a critical look at cultural figures from the jazz age.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews two new murder mysteries: the London-set "Original Sin," by P.D. James and "Cranks and Shadows" by K.C. Constantine, which takes place in post-industrial Pennsylvania.