Alison Baker (born 1953 in

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon ...

) is an American short story writer.

Life

She graduated from

Reed College Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, with Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at ...

and

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

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'', ''Orion Nature Quarterly'', the ''Washington Post'', ''Witness'', ''ZYZZYVA''. She was a Ragdale Foundation resident and a Fellow at

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) is a residential artist community in Amherst, Virginia, USA. Since 1971, VCCA has offered residencies of varying lengths with flexible scheduling for international artists, writers, and composers at ...

Awards

* 1992 George Garrett Fiction Award for "Field Notes" * 1994

O. Henry Award The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry. The ''PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'' is an annual collection of the year's twenty best ...

* the Gettysburg Review Award * George Garrett Award for Fiction * finalist for the National Magazine Award.

Works

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Anthologies

The Best American Short Stories The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of ''The Best American Series'' published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in con ...

1993 * Best of the West * New Stories From the South * Pushcart Prize.

References

External links

"Author's website"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Alison 1953 births Living people American short story writers Reed College alumni Indiana University alumni O. Henry Award winners