Biography

Dr. William Baker MBE (PgD, PhD, DLitt, ThD, DPhil, KtOBE) conducted his graduate studies at The University of Hawaii at Manoa and at University College Wales (United Kingdom). A Rotary Foundation International Graduate Fellow, he later studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and holds earned Doctorates in Theatre History (PhD), a Doctor of Letters (DLitt), a Doctorate in Theology (ThD), a Doctorate of Philosophy in Comparative Religions (DPhil), and an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity (HonDD).

Stage and film credits include performances in England, France, and Wales; with affiliations featuring BBC Radio Wales, The National Theatre of Wales, The International Festival of University Theatre, along with numerous appearances on ABC, the BBC, CBS, NBC, 20th Century FOX, and films by Miramax Pictures, Orion Films, and Universal Pictures.

Previously a university professor, Dr. Baker's publications include: Celtic Mythological Influences on American Theatre (London/New York), The Director's Handbook, A Solitary Frost (London), The Orphans Of Carmarthen, Vault Of The Griffin, Ordeal Of The Dragon, The Ravenous, Parities and Dichotomies, The Lion and the Falcon, The Wraiths of Raglan Wood, A Savage Majesty, LADON, Conflict and Whores, The Twelfth Empyrean, and The Fall of Tartraven. His poetry, texts, and novels are currently available in bookstores around the world and at Barnes and Noble Bookstores, Amazon.co.uk, Biblio (United Kingdom), Books.MusicaBona.Cz (Ceske Republice), Bundesministerium fur Wirtschaft und Arbeit, (DE) Buch,de: die ganze medienwelt (Germany), Kinokuniya BookWeb (Japan), Waterstones, Foyles Bookshop of London, the World Retail Store, The Lawyer Book Store, and History Bookshop.com.

William Baker's extensive academic and professional biography is catalogued in The Cambridge Blue Book, The Worldwide Honours List, Who's Who In The World (Marquis), and Contemporary Authors (Thomson Gale). The author has been awarded many honours and citations, including: The International Peace Prize (United Cultural Convention), Top 100 Writers 2005 (Author Laureate), Man Of The Year 2004 (Virginia, USA), Men of Achievement (Cambridge), Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (UK), Great Minds of the Twenty-First Century (ABI), The Royal Edition of The Dictionary of International Biography (Melrose Press), and an Investiture of Knighthood (KtOBE). Additionally, he has been nominated for such prestigious awards as The American Medal of Honor, The International Medal Of Freedom, International Writer of the Year (England), and The International Authors and Writers Who's Who. W. B. Baker was recently bestowed the Queens Golden Jubilee Medal from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom. Additionally, he recently received a vestment as Companion Of The Order and Knight Grand Cross of the International Chivalric Order of St. George (Great Britain), and serves as Diplomatic Attache for The Peers Of The Black Raven (England) while continuing as an author and advocate for contemporary literature.

Appointment to The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire occurred in 2010, when Dr Baker received the MBE for Contributions to Literature. The author has been conveyed the ancestral Lordship awarded his 23rd great-grandfather, Baron William de La Zouche of Bedfordshire, in the Year of Our Lord 1324 during the reign of King Edward II; accordingly acknowledged under English Title Law as the Eleventh Lord of Thornbury.
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