Michael Dirda
AuthorBio
OrderedDict([('@textformat', '02'), ('#text', 'Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and longtime book columnist for The Washington Post. He was once chosen byWashingtonian Magazine as one of the twenty-five smartest people in our nation’s capital (but, as Michael says, you have to consider the competition). He also writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement;the New York Review of Books and other literary journals. His previous publications include the memoir An Open Book, four collections of essays—Readings, Bound to Please, Book by Book, and Classics for Pleasure—and On Conan Doyle, for which he won an Edgar Award. A lifelong Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle fan, he was inducted into The Baker Street Irregulars in 2002. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.')])Michael Dirda Books
The Plague Court Murders
John Dickson CarrSherlock Holmes: The Novels
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleBrowsings
Michael DirdaThe Broken Sword
Poul AndersonThe Green Man
Kingsley AmisMemoirs of Egotism
StendhalThree Philosophical Poets
George SantayanaOn Conan Doyle
Michael DirdaABC of Reading
Ezra PoundMemorable Days
James SalterBook by Book
Michael DirdaThe Manticore
Robertson DaviesWorld of Wonders
Robertson DaviesRed Cavalry
Isaac BabelFifth Business
Robertson Davies