# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-robert-baker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:10:26.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-robert-baker"
name: "James Robert Baker"
slug: "james-robert-baker"
description: "James Robert Baker was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. After graduating from UCLA, he began his career as a screenwriter, but became disillusioned and started writing novels instead. Though he garnered fame for his books Fuel-Injected Dreams and Boy Wonder, after the controversy surrounding publication of his novel, Tim and Pete, he faced increasing difficulty having his work published. According to his life partner, this was a contributing factor in his suicide."
tagline: "American author (1946–1997)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Bake08.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-10-18"
deathDate: "1997-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.35
  momentum:             8.117647058823529
  historical:           12.91595066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1434458"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump