Marion Winik
Verified- Host, The Weekly Reader, WYPR-FM (Baltimore, MD)
- Freelance Book Reviewer and Podcast host, The Weekly Reader
- None, The Weekly Reader, WYPR-FM (Baltimore, MD)
Baltimore
As seen in:
The Weekly Reader,
WYPR-FM (Baltimore, MD),
MSN,
MSN Ireland,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Life,
The Independent (UK),
The Washington Post,
USA Today,
Yahoo Canada,
Yahoo News Malaysia,
Aol
and
Covers:
books, audiobooks, authors
Doesn't Cover:
I do not have an interview show and a huge percentage of the pitches I get are about that!
Essayist, book reviewer, cook, dachshund worshipper. Host of Weekly Reader podcast. Author of FIRST COMES LOVE, THE BIG BOOK OF THE DEAD.
Marion Winik’s Biography
Marion Winik is the author of nine books, including The Big Book of the Dead (Counterpoint, 2019) and First Comes Love (Pantheon, 1996). Her essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Sun, and elsewhere; her column at BaltimoreFishbowl.com has been running since 2011.
A professor at the University of Baltimore, she reviews books for The Washington Post, Oprah Daily, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, and People, among others, and hosts the NPR podcast The Weekly Reader. She was a commentator on All Things Considered for fifteen years. She is the recipient of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Service Award.
Brown University BA 1978
Brooklyn College MFA 1983