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Nicholson Baker

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American novelist, essayist, non-fiction writer

United StatesWritersBorn 1957 · age 69
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Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness.

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2018Guggenheim Fellowship
2001National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction
James Madison Freedom of Information Award

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Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness. Out of a total of ten novels, three are erotica: Vox, The Fermata and House of Holes.

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Born 1957 · age 69
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