The Way the World Works

About the Author

© ELIAS BAKER

Nicholson Baker was born in 1957 and grew up in Rochester, New York. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and Haverford College. He has published nine novels, the latest of which is House of Holes, and four previous works of nonfiction. His work has appeared in Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays. A nonfiction work, Double Fold, won a National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives with his family in Maine.