Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Made immensely popular through the global phenomenon of the podcast Serial, this case examined the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and the subsequent conviction of her classmate, Adnan Syed. Rabia Chaudry, who took Syed’s case to Serial producer and host, has been Syed’s public advocate and friend for the past 17 years and has now written “Adnan’s Story” in collaboration with Syed, documenting the twists and turns of this dramatic story.