Peter Baida (July 26, 1950 – December 14, 1999) was an American short story writer.
Life Baida was born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from the Park School of Baltimore. He graduated from Harvard College (B.A., magna cum laude, English, 1972), Boston University (M.A., 1973, creative writing), and the University of Pennsylvania with an M.B.A. in 1979.
He was the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's director of direct mail fundraising from 1984 through 1999.
His work appeared in The Missouri Review,TMR: A Doctor's Story . Missourireview.com. Retrieved on 2012-08-08.
A writer-in-residence fellowship is named for him at the Park School of Baltimore.Academics · The Park School of Baltimore. Parkschool.net. Retrieved on 2012-08-08.
Awards 1999 O. Henry Award
Works
Short stories
Non-fiction
Anthologies
Essays "The Fear of Getting Caught", American Heritage Magazine, Jun 22, 1987 Peter Baida, "Review of Sinclair Lewis, If I Were Boss, The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis," Economic History, Dec 7 1997
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