Chris Baker (writer)

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Christopher John Baker (born 3 January 1948) is a Thailand-based British writer who has made his home in Bangkok for more than 30 years.{{cite book|title=A History of Thailand|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofthailan00bake|url-access=registration|author=Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-81615-1|no-pp=true|page=Back cover|date=2005-04-20}} He is the co-author of A History of Thailand, Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand, Thailand's Boom and Bust, and Thailand's Crisis, all written with his wife, Dr. Pasuk Phongpaichit.Simon Long, "The Best Books," The Economist, May 18, 2010. http://www.economist.com/node/16155881 He was the principal writer of the United Nations Development Programme's Thailand Human Development Report 2007: Sufficiency Economy and Human Development, which praised King Bhumibol Adulyadej's self-sufficient economy theory.

In 2010, Chris Baker and his wife Pasuk Phongpaichit published a compilation and translation of the Thai epic poem Khun Chang Khun Phaen. The epic was published in a two volume set, which arranged the story in a narrative form suitable for modern English readers. Copious footnotes and creative illustrations are also included.{{cite book|last1=Baker|first1=Chris|last2=Phongpaichit|first2=Pasuk| title=The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen|date=2015|publisher=Silkworm Books|location=Chiang Mai| isbn=9786162150845|edition=Abridged| url=https://silkwormbooks.com/products/kckp-abridged|access-date=20 February 2018}} They have also published a version of their compilation in Thai.

Baker was the recipient of the 2017 Fukuoka Prize together with his spouse and collaborator, Pasuk Phongpaichit.{{cite web|title=Grand Prize 2017 [28th] Pasuk Phongpaichit & Chris Baker|url=http://fukuoka-prize.org/en/laureate/prize/gra/pasukchris.php|website=Fukuoka Prize|date=2017-06-09|access-date=13 January 2018}} The prize is awarded annually to those who have made outstanding contributions to academia, arts, and culture in Asia.{{cite web|title=Background of the Fukuoka Prize|url=http://fukuoka-prize.org/en/about/|website=Fukuoka Prize|access-date=13 January 2018}}

Baker is a writer and editor of the Journal of the Siam Society.