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W. Howard Baker - Biography

  

working name of editor, publisher and writer arthur athwill william baker, who was also published under a number of house names he controlled, writing both solo and in a number of collaborations. these pseudonyms and house names include w. a. ballinger, q.v. and peter saxon, q.v.

born in cork, ireland 3/10/1925, working in london by the early fifties both for panther books (hamilton & co. staffs.) and amalgamated press, sometime publisher of the sexton blake series, which then he took to mayflower books for a while. his exact connexion with world distributors (manchester), publishers inter alia of consul books, possibly owners of pbs, ensign books and/or five star books and sci-fi books remains to be established - preferably documented - and hopefully while anyone who remembers is still living! died in london, uk 13/2/1991.

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