Matthew Link Baker

Matthew Baker was born in Hickory N.C. He lived in Hickory for twenty-two

years before leaving to attend Western Carolina University in 1995. While living

in Cullowhee N.C. and attending college, he became interested in the history of

the local mountains and began visiting with senior citizens in the local area to

obtain a first-hand perspective on the history of the area. His travels took him

to the small town of Whittier N.C. and culminated in his first book, My Mountain

Granny. With his latest publication, My Mountain Heroes, Matthew chronicles

the lives of many of his friends and neighbors in Franklin N.C., from the days of

The Great Depression and WWII, until today.

Matthew and his wife Deloris have four children; Emma, Maggie, Caleb and

Anna. He is a rural mail carrier in Franklin N.C.