*Baker, Chris: * - Chris Baker is an author, recovering arachnophobe, and founder of a nature-focused bookshop, Chicory Naturalist. Their debut picture book, On a Mushroom Day, received a Riverby Award for excellence in nonfiction. Chris is also a certified forager and enthusiastic outdoor educato...

*Baker, Chris: * - Chris Baker is an author, recovering arachnophobe, and founder of a nature-focused bookshop, Chicory Naturalist. Their debut picture book, On a Mushroom Day, received a Riverby Award for excellence in nonfiction. Chris is also a certified forager and enthusiastic outdoor educator, leading walks in the Hudson Valley bioregion. Running through all of her professional endeavors is a passion for reconnecting broken chains of generational knowledge about the natural world. They live a few blocks from the Hudson River with their spouse, child and two calico cats .