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Maureen Corrigan: Nancy Drew, Updated

Fresh Air | By Maureen Corrigan

Published March 29, 2004 at 7:00 PM HST

Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new updated versions of classic Nancy Drew novels.

Copyright 2004 Fresh Air

Maureen Corrigan

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.

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