Stories With Faces: The tightrope lives of next-door people

          Fred Dickey is a popular columnist who writes about ‘ordinary’ people with compelling stories that bring smiles, and sometimes tears. He is a former top editor of major metro newspapers, a novelist, and a Pulitzer nominee.

          A Washington Post columnist said of one of his stories: “Wow. That was an amazing story--beautifully, beautifully told. Took my breath away at the end. Very artfully done. Bravo.”