Laurie Stone

Laurie Stone (born 1946) is an American writer and critic. After many years as a journalist at The Village Voice (1974–1999), she was appointed theater critic for The Nation and critic-at-large on NPR's Fresh Air. Her books include a story collection, My Life as an Animal (Northwestern University Press), an essay collection, Laughing in the Dark (Ecco) and a novel, Starting with Serge (Doubleday).

In 1996 she won the Nona Balakian prize in excellence in criticism from the National Book Critics Circle.

Stone is a graduate of Barnard College (1968) and holds an MA from Columbia University (1969). She taught at Hunter College and Queens College from 1969 to 1975.

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