Michael Dibdin (March 21, 1947, Wolverhampton – March 30, 2007, Seattle, Washington) was an Irish crime writer.
Dibdin was the son of a physicist, and was brought up from the age of seven in Lisburn, Northern Ireland where he attended Friends' School. He graduated in English language at Sussex University, and then went to study for a master's degree in Edmonton, Canada. After publishing his first novel, a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, he lived for fo...
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Michael Dibdin (March 21, 1947, Wolverhampton – March 30, 2007, Seattle, Washington) was an Irish crime writer.
Dibdin was the son of a physicist, and was brought up from the age of seven in Lisburn, Northern Ireland where he attended Friends' School. He graduated in English language at Sussex University, and then went to study for a master's degree in Edmonton, Canada. After publishing his first novel, a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, he lived for four years in Italy, teaching at the university in Perugia. Latterly he lived in Seattle, Washington.
Dibdin was married three times, most recently to the novelist K. K. Beck. His death in 2007 followed a short illness.
Dibdin is best known for his Aurelio Zen mysteries, set in Italy. The first of these, Ratking, won the 'Gold Dagger' award of 1988. This series of detective novels provide a penetrating insight into the less visible aspects of Italian society over the last twenty years. The earlier books have a lightness of touch that gradually...
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