Michael BaughmanMichael Baughman was born in Buffalo, New York in 1937 and spent much of his childhood on his great-grandfather John Brant's farm in western Pennsylvania. Brant was a descendant of Joseph Brant, the Mohawk chief who fought against America in the Revoutionary War. Baughman graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu in 1955; served in the army in Germany, where he married his wife Hilde in 1961; earned a master's degree at San Francisco State College in 1965; wrote as a special contributor for Sports Illustrated for several years, mostly on outdoor and environmental subjects; retired as an emeritus English professor from Southern Oregon State University in 1995. He and Hilde, married for 63 years, live in Ashland, Oregon. American Pie is Baughman's tenth book. Read More Read Less