Kevin Baker
Biography
Kevin Baker
Kevin Baker was born in 1958 in Englewood, New Jersey, but grew up mainly in Rockport, Massachusetts. His career in writing began early; his first professional job was at age 13, as a stringer covering school sports forThe Gloucester Daily Times. After graduating from Rockport High School and from Columbia University with a degree in political science, he worked at a number of freelance and writing jobs, including writingpolitical position papers for the Public Securities Association and answering letters for the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York. Mr. Baker then signed on as the chief historical researcher for Harold Evans' celebrated history of the 20th century, The American Century (Knopf), which was a 1998 New York Timesbestseller. In 1993, Mr. Baker published his first novel, based loosely on the legend of baseball great Ty Cobb entitled Sometimes You See it Coming. In 1999, Dreamland was published as the first volume in a series of historical novels set in New York, followed in 2002 by Paradise Alley.
Kevin Baker
