Alison Baker (writer)
# Alison Baker (writer)

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

## 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, Orion Nature Quarterly, the Washington Post, 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.
