Maureen Callahan is an American columnist for the Daily Mail who writes opinion pieces regarding politics, pop culture, and current events.
Music journalist Marc Spitz wrote about going to a Michael Jackson concert and sharing the experience of growing up in the 1980s with Callahan in his book Poseur: A memoir of downtown New York in the '90s.
She received an ASCAP-Deems Taylor award as co-author of "Don't Drink the Brown Water", a piece in Spin magazine about what led to riots and violence at Woodstock '99.
[7][8] It became an instant New York Times bestseller, a nominee for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and winner of France's Grand Prix de littérature policière.
The Observer praised the book as “a timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power.” Callahan is a cousin of the runner Tom Farrell, winner of the bronze at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.