Kevin Baker

Kevin Baker is a novelist, historian, and journalist whose books include "Dreamland" and the "New York Times" bestseller "Paradise Alley". He authored "America: The Story of Us", the companion volume to the groundbreaking A&E television show of the same name, and was the chief historical researcher on "The American Century" by Harold Evans. Baker is a contributor to the "New York Times", the "Washington Post", the "Guardian", "Harper s Magazine", "GQ", "Newsweek", "Politico", the "Huffington Post", and other leading publications, and has appeared as a television commentator on the History channel, CNN, and "The Colbert Report". Baker lives in New York with his wife, Ellen, and their cat, Maisie.