Chris Baron is the award winning author of novels for young (and young at heart) readers including: 

• All Of Me, an NCTE Notable Book 

• The Magical Imperfect, a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Book/SLJ Best Book of 2021 

• The Gray (23) a ProjectLIT 23-24 Selection 

• Spark (25) from Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan 

• The Secret of the Dragon Gems, a Middle Grade novel co-authored with Rajani LaRocca from Little Bee Books (23)

He is also the editor of On All Other Nights: A Middle Grade Passover Anthology from Abrams (24). 

He is a Professor of English at San Diego City College and the director of the Writing Center. He grew up in New York City, but he completed his MFA in Poetry in 1998 at SDSU. He lives in San Diego with his family.  

He is represented by Rena Rossner from the Deborah Harris Literary Agency. 

Twitter: @baronchrisbaron
Instagram: @christhebearbaron

Learn more at: www.chris-baron.com