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1957 - Born on the 7th of January in Rochester, New York.
1988 - The Mezzanine, a Novel, is Baker's first book.
1990 - He wrote Room Temperature 1 Novel that continues in the same spirit as The Mezzanine.
1991 - This year he wrote U and I, a true story is a non-fiction study.
1992 - Vox, a Novel covers an episode of phone sex between two young single people.
1994 - He wrote Fermata is one of the most controversial novels.
1998 - Baker's daughter Alice inspired 1998 - "The Everlasting Story of Nory".
2003 - A Box of Matches, a novel is in many ways a continuation of Room Temperature.
2004 - Checkpoint is composed of dialogue between two old high school friends, Jay and Ben, who discuss Jay's plans to assassinate President George W. Bush.
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- "In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark."
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