Alison Baker (writer)

Alison Baker
Born 1953
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Alma mater Reed College,
Indiana University
Genre short story

Alison Baker (born 1953 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American short story writer.[1]

Life

She graduated from Reed College and Indiana University with a MLS. She worked as a medical librarian and a library activist.

Her work has appeared in Shenandoah, the Atlantic Monthly, Story, Alaska Quarterly Review,[2] Orion Nature Quarterly, the Washington Post,[3] Witness, ZYZZYVA.

She was a Ragdale Foundation resident and a Fellow at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Awards

  • 1992 George Garrett Fiction Award for "Field Notes"
  • 1994 O. Henry Award
  • the Gettysburg Review Award
  • George Garrett Award for Fiction
  • finalist for the National Magazine Award.

Works

  • Loving Wanda Beaver: Novella and Stories. Chronicle Books. 1997. ISBN 978-0-8118-1788-2.
  • How I Came West, and Why I Stayed. Chronicle Books. April 1, 1993. ISBN 978-0-8118-0324-3.

Anthologies

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/introduction_literature/fiction/baker.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/aqr/back-issues/22_1and2.cfm
  3. ↑ "washingtonpost.com - search nation, world, technology and Washington area news archives".
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