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American novelist (born 1958)
Kevin Baker (born 1958) is an American novelist , political commentator , and journalist .
Early life [ edit ]
Baker was born in Englewood, New Jersey ,[1] Rockport, Massachusetts .[2] [3] Gloucester Daily Times [1] Columbia University in 1980,[1] [2]
In 1993, Baker's first book, Sometimes You See it Coming [1] Ty Cobb , was published.[2]
He was the chief historical researcher on Harold Evans ’s illustrated history of the United States, The American Century [4] American Heritage magazine from 1998 to 2007.[5] C-SPAN 's Washington Journal The Colbert Report Obama presidency .[6]
Baker is the author of the City of Fire trilogy, published by HarperCollins , which consists of the following historical novels: Dreamland Paradise Alley (2002); and Strivers Row (2006). The middle volume of the trilogy won the 2003 James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction [7] American Book Award .[8] Paradise Alley was also chosen by bestselling Angela's Ashes author, Frank McCourt, as a Today show book club selection.
In 2009, he wrote Luna Park Danijel Žeželj .[9]
A writer of over 200 newspaper and magazine articles, Baker was the recipient of a 2017 Guggenheim fellowship for non-fiction.
Baker lives in New York City , where he is a contributing editor to and bi-monthly columnist for Harper's Magazine ,[5] The New Republic ,The New York Times ,The New York Times Book Review
Bibliography [ edit ]
Sometimes You See It Coming
The American Century (1998; with Harold Evans and Gail Buckland )
Dreamland
Paradise Alley (2002)
“Rudy Giuliani and the Myth of Modern New York” (2005; in America's Mayor: The Hidden History of Giuliani's New York )
“Lost-Found Nation: The Last Meeting Between Elijah Muhammad and W.D. Fard" (2006; in I Wish I'd Been There )
Strivers Row (2006)
Luna Park Danijel Žeželj )
The Big Crowd (2013)
Becoming Mr. October (2014)
America The Ingenious: How a nation of dreamers, immigrants, and tinkerers changed the world (2016)
References [ edit ]
^ "Kevin Baker – About ." Kevin Baker [author's website]. kevinbaker.info. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
^ Reynolds, David S. (October 11, 1998). "The March of Time: The American Century by Harold Evans with Gail Buckland and Kevin Baker " [book review]. New York Times . "... with the help of a research team headed by Kevin Baker, [Evans] has culled a staggering amount of information from other history books."
^ a b "Kevin (Breen) Baker." The Writers Directory . Detroit: St. James Press, 2016. Retrieved via Biography in Context database 2016-06-19.
^ "Book Discussion on Barack Hoover Obama " (June 21, 2009). C-SPAN. www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
^ "James Fenimore Cooper Prize ." Society of American Historians. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
^ "Before Columbus Foundation Presents the American Book Awards 2003" [press release]. Before Columbus Foundation. Available as PDF file on the foundation's website (www.beforecolumbusfoundation.com). Retrieved 2016-06-19.
^ Kois, Dan (January 13, 2010). "Book World reviews the graphic novel 'Luna Park' by Kevin Baker " [book review]. Washington Post .
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