Alison Baker (writer)

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. Alison Baker.
• How I Came West, and Why I Stayed. Chronicle Books. April 1, 1993. ISBN 978-0-8118-0324-3.

Anthologies[]

• The Best American Short Stories 1993
• Best of the West
• New Stories From the South
• Pushcart Prize.

References[]

External links[]

• "Author's website"