Alison Baker (writer) explained

Alison Baker
Birth Date:	1953
Birth Place:	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Reed College, Indiana University
Genre:	short story
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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 Master of Library Science. 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

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

Anthologies

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

External links

• "Author's website" archived

Notes and References

1. Web site: Experience Literature - Fiction . www.bedfordstmartins.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20011125173902/http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/introduction_literature/fiction/baker.htm . 2001-11-25.
2. Web site: Alaska Quarterly Review - A Literary Magazine.
3. News: washingtonpost.com - search nation, world, technology and Washington area news archives. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023065532/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/results.html?st=basic&uid=&MAC=50a23aa1f3f5c6104e90e36051420d61&QryTxt=%22Alison+Baker%22&x=6&y=11&sortby=RELEVANCE . dead . October 23, 2012 .