Rabia Chaudry (Urdu: رابعہ چودھری) is a Pakistani-American attorney, author and podcast host. She is a family friend of Adnan Syed—who was the subject of the podcast Serial (2014)--and subsequently wrote a book about his case called Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial (2016), which became a New York Times best seller. Chaudry co-hosts several podcasts, namely Undisclosed, a podcast on Syed's case and others.
Chaudry, a childhood friend of Adnan Syed, was the first person to take his case to radio producer and host Sarah Koenig; on the 2014 podcast Serial, Koenig documented her investigation into Chaudry’s contention that Syed had been wrongly convicted of killing Hae Min Lee.[3] Chaudry subsequently wrote a book about the case called Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial (St. Martin Press, September 2016).[4] Molly Fitzgerald writes in Bustle that the book "picks up where ‘Serial’ left off,"[5] describing evidence not included in the Serial podcast including letters he wrote to his family early in his imprisonment.[6] Reviewing the book for the Los Angeles Times, Jessica Roy wrote, “It was easy to forget, listening to ‘Serial,’ that it was a true story about real people. ‘Adnan’s Story’ adds context and humanizes it in a way that could change how you think about the case, and about ‘Serial’ itself.”[7]Adnan's Story became a New York Times best-seller[8][9] and one of Audible's 10 most popular audio books of 2016.[10]
Chaudry hosts several podcasts. She co-hosts Undisclosed with Susan Simpson and Colin Miller, a podcast that looks at evidence in Syed's case, the case of Joey Watkins, and others.[11][12][13] She co-hosts Rabia and Ellyn Solve the Case,[14] co-hosted with Ellyn Marie Marsh, a true-crime podcast. She also co-hosts The Mystery Hour, Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry, The 45th, and The Hidden Djinn.[15]
