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Fred G. Baker

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Fred G. Baker is a hydrologist, historian, and writer living in Colorado. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and M.S and Ph.D. degrees from University of Colorado – Boulder, the later in Geology. He worked as an environmental consultant for many years and has traveled widely.

He is the author of An Imperfect Crime, Desert Sanctuary, Zona: The Forbidden Land, The Black Freighter, and the Modern Pirate Series of short and long stories. He is also the author of nonfiction works such as Growing Up Wisconsin, The Life and Times of Con James Baker of Des Moines, Chicago, and Wisconsin, The Light from a Thousand Campfires (with Hannah Pavlik), and other nonfiction works.

The Other Side of Paradise

COMING SPRING 2025

A man wakes up at the side of the road with a backpack containing cash, a handgun, a novel entitled This Side of Paradise, and no identifying information. He doesn’t know his name, where he is, or how he got there. He assumes the name Eddie and begins this new life near a resort called Paradise. He embarks upon a voyage of self-discovery as to who he is and what happened to him.

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“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
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