Mark Allen Baker (born 27 March 1957), is a former business executive, and American author, biographer, and writer of hundreds of articles and over 20 books[1].
Born in Binghamton, New York and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia and central New York, Baker graduated from Fayetteville-Manlius High School before earning a B.A.
from the State University of New York at Oswego.
Following a distinguished business career and various entrepreneurial endeavors, he devoted his full-time to writing.
His first book, published in 1990, earned him a Lifetime Donor Membership to National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum.
The author has since written over twenty nonfiction titles, on such topics as sports, music and American history.
Baker's recent two biographies, Battling Nelson, The Durable Dane (2016) and The Fighting Times of Abe Attell (2017), have drawn considerable attention to his work.
Expertise in the area of historic manuscripts and artifacts, along with investigative research, have enhanced Baker's passion for history-his later works have placed a greater emphasis on regional events and biography.
The author has also written hundreds of articles, on a variety of topics, for numerous periodicals.