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Francis Baker (22 May 1908 – 6 November 1983) was a British writer of novels and short stories, mainly on fantastic or supernatural themes. He was also an actor, musician and television scriptwriter.
Frank Baker was the author of several fantastic novels and short stories, many of which continue to delight readers worldwide. This site has been created by his surviving family and is dedicated to his memory and his work.
Frank Baker was born in Hornsey, London in 1908. He was educated at Winchester Cathedral School, where he enjoyed singing in Cathedral choir. He seems to have inherited a love of music from his grandfather who played the organ at Alexandra Palace.
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Sadly neglected today, Frank Baker (1908-1983) was an intriguing and highly original author of fantasy and horror fiction, best known for his post-apocalyptic novel of an avian attack, The Birds (1936), which may have been an influence on Hitchcock's film, and Miss Hargreaves (1940), a classic in which two young men invent a story about an ...
Frank Baker was born in London in 1908 and trained as a musician. In 1930, after five years in an underwriting room and one in a school for church organists, he drew chants overboard with cargo papers and drifted to Land's end.
Frank Baker wrote this striking renunciation of modern society over 80 years ago and it somehow remains relevant. the fear of the dehumanizing effects of technology and office life; the inability to recognize the spectrum of sexuality and the hypocrisy of adult prurience; the willingness of arms manufacturers to sell to any bidder, no matter ...
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FRANK BAKER. Author biography: Frank Baker was born in London in 1908. From a young age, he had a deep interest in church music, serving as a chorister at Winchester Cathedral as a boy from 1919 to 1924.
