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My debut novel, The Nimbus, will be published by Holt in June. You can read more about the book here. You can also preorder a copy at your local bookstore or any of these fine retailers:

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Baird is brilliant, and so is his remarkable novel about faith, family, and the life of the mind. Read this wonderful book. You’ll be glad to own it.

Annie Dillard

Author of For The Time Being

I think that there are miracles in the world, but realistic novels don’t usually tackle them. Baird’s intelligence, compassion and humor illuminate this astonishingly original debut, which somehow manages to ask hard questions about how to live while also being enormously fun to read.

Nell Freudenberger

Author of The Limits

Robert P. Baird has written a novel of remarkable breadth, one that ponders both the big mysteries (God, miracles) and the small ones (petty graduate school advisers). The Nimbus is a revelation, a book that explores our deep longing for something extraordinary in an otherwise ordinary world.

Nathan Hill

Author of Wellness

A big-hearted novel about the biggest questions—marriage, religion, parenthood, meaning. The Nimbus is comic and profound, a novel that practically glows. Robert P. Baird is a huge talent.

Elliot Ackerman

Author of Halcyon

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About Me

Hi, thanks for visiting my website!

My debut novel, The Nimbus, will be published in June 2025 by Holt. You can find links to journalism, essays, and other stuff I've written here. I have a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and have worked as an editor at The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The Paris Review, Chicago Review, and Esquire.

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