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- Frank Baker (writer) Francis Baker (22 May 1908 – 6 November 1983) was a British writer of novels and short stories, mainly on fantastic or supernatural themes. He was also an actor, musician and television scriptwriter.
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Francis Baker (22 May 1908 – 6 November 1983 [1]) was a British writer of novels and short stories, mainly on fantastic or supernatural themes. He was also an actor, musician and television scriptwriter. His best-known works are his novels, The Birds (1936) and Miss Hargreaves (1940), and his memoir, I Follow But Myself (1968). Biography.
His first novel, 'The Twisted Tree' was published in 1935. Over his life Frank Baker published a series of novels and short stories as well as articles. Frank Baker was born in Hornsey, London in 1908. He was educated at Winchester Cathedral School, where he enjoyed singing in Cathedral choir.
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(1908-1983) UK actor, Television scriptwriter and author whose work is generally and correctly thought of in terms of fantasy and horror, though his second novel, The Birds (1936; rev 1964; rev 2013), is very clearly Equipoisal between Scientific Romance and Supernatural Fiction [see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below].
Nov 28, 2013 · November 27, 2013 at 7:40 p.m. EST. L et's talk turkey: This isn't Daphne du Maurier 's 1952 story "The Birds," the partial basis of the celebrated Alfred Hitchcock film of 1963. But Frank...
Frank Baker was the author of several fantastic novels and short stories, many of which continue to delight readers worldwide. This site has been created by his surviving family and is dedicated to his memory and his work. On this site - 'The Birds' by Frank Baker - an inspiration for Hitchock and Du Maurier?
1,804 reviews 2 followers. March 16, 2015. Originally published in 1936, Frank Baker's novel, THE BIRDS, predated Alfred Hitchcock's movie by 27 years. Whether or not this was the inspiration behind the famous 1963 film remains under debate.
