Rosecrans Baldwin is an American novelist, essayist and nonfiction author. He is also a co-founder and editor of '' The Morning News'', an online magazine. Born in

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

and raised in

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, Baldwin now lives in the

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area with his wife.

Books

Baldwin's most recent book, “Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles,” (

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, June 2021) was a ''

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'' bestseller, and it won a gold medal at the 2022 California Book Awards. ''

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'' noted Baldwin “may have written the perfect book about Los Angeles.” Baldwin is the author of a memoir ''Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down'' (

, May 2012) based on the time he and his wife spent living in France while he worked in an unnamed advertising agency. It was named one of the Top 10 Travel Books of Spring 2012 by ''

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'' and earned positive reviews citing its humor and charm. Baldwin's second novel, ''The Last Kid Left'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017) was one of NPR's Great Reads of 2017. His debut novel, ''You Lost Me There'' ( Riverhead Books, August 2010) was a ''

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'' Editor's Choice and an

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Best Book of 2010: "A stunning debut… ''You Lost Me There'' is, finally, a wise book, the kind that eludes many authors twice Baldwin’s age... Profound, affecting, and true."

Other work

Baldwin is a writer for '' GQ''. Other work has appeared in ''

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'', the ''

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'', and ''

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'', among other publications. He was a finalist in 2011 for a

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in Journalism.

References

External links

Rosecrans Baldwin's website
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