chris baron

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

San Diego, CA
California US
Email: 
chrisbaronauthor@gmail.com
Website: 
www.chris-baron.com
Twitter/X: 
@baronchrisbaron

Author's Bio

Chris Baron is the award winning author of Novels for young (and young at heart) readers including All Of Me an NCTE Notable Book, The Magical Imperfect a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Book/ a SLJ Best Book of 2021 The Gray (23) a ProjectLIT 23-24 Selection, Spark (25) from Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan, and The Secret of the Dragon Gems, a Middle Grade novel co-authored with Rajani LaRocca from Little Bee Books (23) and editor of ON ALL OTHER NIGHTS: A MIDDLE GRADE PASSOVER ANTHOLOGY, from Abrams (24), He is a Professor of English at San Diego City College and the director of the Writing Center. He grew up in New York City, but he completed his MFA in Poetry in 1998 at SDSU. Baron’s first book of poetry, Under the Broom Tree, was released in 2012 on CityWorks Press as part of Lantern Tree: Four Books of Poems (which won the San Diego Book Award for best poetry anthology). He is represented by the amazing Rena Rossner from the Deborah Harris Literary Agency. Learn more about him at  www.chris-baron.com  and on Twitter: @baronchrisbaron Instagram: @christhebearbaron. He lives in San Diego with his family.  

Education: 
San Diego State University MFA
Literary agent: 
Rena Rossner, The Deborah Harris Agency

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Lavanderia (City Works Press, 2010)
,
Mamas and Papas (City Works Press, 2010)
,
Hunger and Thirst (City Works Press, 2008)
,
Sunshine Noir (City Works Press, 2006)
Journal:
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature

Poetry

Books:
Spark (Macmillan, 2025)
,
The Magical Imperfect (Macmillan, 2021)
,
ALL OF ME (Macmillan, 2019)
,
Lantern Tree: Four Books of Poems (City Works Press, 2012)
Journals:
Broken Bridge Review
,
City Works Literary Journal
,
Pearl Magazine
Prizes won: 

San Diego Book Award, Best Poetry Book. Lantern Tree, Four Books of Poems

Harold Grinspoon Award: Jwewish Story Award

New York Public Library: The Magical Imperfect - best books of 2021

Sydney Taylor Notable Book Award: The Magical Imperfect

NCTE Notable Book Award: All Of me

San Diego Writers Festival Excellence Award: Middle Grade Author

Junior Library Gold Standard Selections: On All Other Nights, The Magical Imperfect 

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Laguna Beach, CA
California
Raised in: 
New York City, NY
New York
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Last update: Apr 17, 2025