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.

Anthologies

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