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| Michael Dirda is often noted as a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for the Washington Post Book World and
author of several books of literary essays, but what shines most about him is he is a reader that wants to share
the books he loves. As both a critic and an essayist, Michael has demonstrated that there is good writing to be
found everywhere, including in science fiction and fantasy. His autobiographical An Open Book: Coming of Age in
the Heartland, (2004) reveals that Michael grew up reading the likes of Conan Doyle's The Lost World and
Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint, giving him a good grounding in adventure stories. Indeed, in Michael's other works, such
as the collection of his Washington Post essays, Readings: Essays & Literary Entertainments (2000), he as never
neglected genre literature, being a champion of these often overlooked writings. His most recent work, Classics for
Pleasure (2007) demonstrates his broad understanding of science fiction and fantasy by his inclusion of such giants as
H. P. Lovecraft, Jules Verne, Philip K. Dick, E. Nesbit, Bram Stoker and H. G. Wells. All this shows Michael to not
only be a gifted writer but a man of excellent taste whose reading recommendations are well worth investigating.
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