2001 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner and Nominees

Boswell’s Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson

Adam Sisman

With great wit, Sisman here tells the story of Boswell’s presumptuous task–the making of the greatest biography of all time. Sisman traces the friendship between Boswell and Samuel Johnson, his mentor, and provides a fascinating account of Boswell’s seven…

Borrowed Finery: A Memoir

Paula Fox

Milking the Moon: A Southerner’s Story of Life on This Planet

Katherine Clark

Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina

David Hajdu

The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal

Barry Werth