About Chris Baty

Location: Oakland, CA

Home Region:
United States :: California :: East Bay

Age:34

Website: http://www.ChrisBaty.com

Favorite novels: Corelli's Mandolin, Middlesex, the Corrections, High Fidelity, Cloud Atlas, Water Music, Momo, Maus, The Great Brain

Favorite writers: Nick Hornby, David Berman, Lynda Barry, Jonathan Lethem, Aaron Cometbus, George Saunders

Favorite music: Billy Bragg, Andrew Bird, the Weakerthans, Kate Rusby, the Postal Service station on Pandora, Bruce Springsteen, Jens Lekman, Figurine, Belle and Sebastian

Non-noveling interests: Coffee, riding bikes no-handed, fonts, documentaries about anything, sports highlights videos, people-watching, spending time at the Beanery, graphic design, the Office, this American Life, the BBC, Australia, Paris, Scotland, Germany, the white tented terminals at the Denver International Airport, staying up late, sushi, the smell of new car tires, notes strangers write to each other, gummi candies.