Editing Charles Baxter (author) (section)

== Biography ==
Baxter was born in [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, to John and Mary Barber (Eaton) Baxter. He graduated from [[Macalester College]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]] in 1969. In 1974 he received his PhD in English from the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]] with a thesis on [[Djuna Barnes]], [[Malcolm Lowry]], and [[Nathanael West]].<ref name = En>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/baxter-charles-morley-1947|title=BAXTER, Charles (Morley) 1947-|publisher=encyclopedia.com|access-date=29 November 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184214/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/baxter-charles-morley-1947|url-status=live}}</ref>

Baxter taught high school in [[Pinconning, Michigan]] for a year before beginning his university teaching career at [[Wayne State University]] in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]. He then moved to the [[University of Michigan]], where for many years he directed the Creative Writing MFA program. He was a visiting professor of creative writing at the [[University of Iowa]] and at [[Stanford University|Stanford]]. He taught at the [[University of Minnesota]] and in the [[Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers]]. He retired in 2020. 

He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/charles-baxter/|title=Charles Baxter|publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|access-date=29 November 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184003/https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/charles-baxter/|url-status=live}}</ref> He received the PEN/Malamud Award in 2021 for Excellence in the Short Story.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penfaulkner.org/our-awards/the-pen-malamud-award/#winners |title=The PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story |website=penfaulkner.org |access-date=August 3, 2022 |quote=Past Winners: Charles Baxter, 2021 |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116163335/https://www.penfaulkner.org/our-awards/the-pen-malamud-award/#winners |url-status=live }}</ref>

He married teacher Martha Ann Hauser in 1976, and has a son.<ref name= En/> Baxter and Hauser separated.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baxter|first1=Charles |title=Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature |publication-date=2022|publisher=Graywolf |chapter=What Happens in Hell |date=July 12, 2022 |pages=103–114 |isbn=978-1-64445-091-8}}</ref>