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Michael Baron

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I grew up in the New York area and I’ve lived there my entire life. I worked in retail and taught high school English before I got my first book contract. I have gotten several additional book contracts since then, which is fortunate because I didn’t have the patience to work in retail and, while I quite enjoyed teaching, my approach was a bit too unconventional for most school systems. One school administrator told me that, “there are more important things than being a dynamic teacher.” Since I couldn’t name any of those things (at least in the context of school), I figured I didn’t have a long-term future in the profession. Hence, I became a writer, where I believe people appreciate a certain level of dynamism.

Though I started with nonfic...more I grew up in the New York area and I’ve lived there my entire life. I worked in retail and taught high school English before I got my first book contract. I have gotten several additional book contracts since then, which is fortunate because I didn’t have the patience to work in retail and, while I quite enjoyed teaching, my approach was a bit too unconventional for most school systems. One school administrator told me that, “there are more important things than being a dynamic teacher.” Since I couldn’t name any of those things (at least in the context of school), I figured I didn’t have a long-term future in the profession. Hence, I became a writer, where I believe people appreciate a certain level of dynamism.

Though I started with nonfiction, I have always loved fiction and I have always wanted to write it. I’ve always had a particular affection for love stories. In fact, the very first book-length thing I ever wrote, when I was thirteen, was a love story. Mind you, it was the kind of love story that a thirteen-year-old boy would write, but it was a love story nonetheless. I have a deep passion for writing about relationships – family relationships, working relationships, friendships, and, of course, romantic relationships – and I can only truly explore this by writing fiction. These novels have given me a way to voice the millions of things running through my head.

My wife and kids are the center of my life. My wife is the inspiration for all of my love stories and my children enthrall me, challenge me, and keep me moving. One of the primary reasons I wrote my first novel, When You Went Away was that I wanted to write about being a father. Aside from my family, I have a few other burning passions. I’m a pop culture junkie with an especially strong interest in music, I love fine food (and any restaurant shaped like a hot dog), and I read far too many sports blogs for my own good.

You might have noticed that I haven't published a photo of myself. This isn't because I'm involved in the Witness Protection program or because I have an innate fear of cameras. It's because Michael Baron is a pseudonym. I'm writing these novels “undercover” because they're not entirely compatible with the nonfiction books I write and I didn't want to confuse readers. We're all different people sometimes, right? I just decided to give my alter ego another name.

My third novel, The Journey Home, has just come out. It’s a love story, too. Naturally.
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Average rating: 3.50 · 1,457 ratings · 363 reviews · 20 distinct works

	When You Went Away 3.67 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Journey Home 3.23 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Spinning 3.61 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Crossing the Bridge 3.50 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Anything 3.52 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Winter Discovery 3.57 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Mourning Sexton 3.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Als Sie Ging 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:
	Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Das Ferne Land Roman by Michael Baron, Edith Beleites (Translator) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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“It's important that you identify what the best things are in your life. The things that do more than just get you through the day. The things that make you want the next day to come. And once you identify those things, it's critical that you nurture them and keep them strong.”
― Michael Baron, When You Went Away

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“You don't tolerate parenthood. You don't survive it. You grow with it.”
― Michael Baron, When You Went Away

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“It's so easy to for tragedy to defeat you. It's seductive in the way that I heard freezing to death is. Being consumed by grief is in many ways much more comfortable than battling your way out of it - especially when you realize that no matter how hard you fight you can't reverse the situation you're grieving over. But it's so important to engage in the battle anyway. It's really the only way to stay alive.”
― Michael Baron, When You Went Away

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