KEVIN BAKER is a novelist, historian, and journalist. He has been a professional writer since the age of 13, working originally for the Gloucester Daily Times as a stringer covering schoolboy sports. He is the author of the New York Times notable book The New York Game and co-author of Reggie Jackson’s Becoming Mr. October. His work has appeared in Harper’s, where he is also a contributing editor, New York Observer, The New York Times, and The New Republic. He lives in New York City.
