Who Is Dorothy Baker and Why Do I Care?
A writer friend sent me this quote, encouraging me to disregard the internal censor that second-guesses what I write. It's a simple formula: Do your best and somebody might like it. --Dorothy Baker I think, Here’s a topic for my April blog post! It is approximately 8:50 a.m. Who is Dorothy Baker? I google her. Sure enough, Ms. Baker was a novelist in the mid-20 th century and wrote: Cassandra at the Wedding , Young Man with a Horn , and Trio. She enjoyed both success and some notoriety. Scanning photos of multiple Dorothy Bakers, one looks like a writer but further searches reveal her to be a missionary. Finally, I’m certain that the fuzzy photo at right is Dorothy Baker, Novelist. It is now 9:49 a.m. The Google entry following Novelist Dorothy Baker is Dorothy Baker, Madam—different women, but both were born in Montana and lived at about the same time. Dorothy Baker #2, ...