John Baker (born 1942 Kingston upon Hull, England) is a British author. To date, he has published ten

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

s, many of them set in either Hull or York.

Bibliography

* ''Poet in the Gutter'' (1995) * ''Death Minus Zero'' (1996) * ''King of the Streets'' (1998) * ''Walking with Ghosts'' (1999) * ''The Chinese Girl'' (2000) * ''Shooting in the Dark'' (2001) * ''The Meanest Flood'' (2003) * ''White Skin Man'' (2004) * ''Winged with Death'' (2009) * ''Thanksgiving: The Biography of an American Holiday'' (2009)

Current project

Baker's latest novel is entitled ''Winged with Death'', and deals with time and tango and revolution. Set simultaneously in Montevideo in the 1970s and the

north of England Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the ...

in the present time, the plot revolves around

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and denial. ''Winged with Death'' was published by Flambard Press in March 2009.

Blogging

Baker comments on the crafts of writing and reading, film, politics, theatre, music, and general

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topics on johnbakersblo

He is also a member of the 9rule

writing community, and has contributed to newcritic

External links

Official site
1942 births 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers Living people English male novelists Writers from Kingston upon Hull {{UK-novelist-stub