Dan Baum (February 18, 1956 – October 8, 2020) was an American journalist and author who wrote for The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, Playboy, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications.
[1][2] Raised in South Orange, Baum graduated from Columbia High School in 1974.
Baum wrote four works of non-fiction including Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans (2009).
Baum wrote about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 for The New Yorker.
Baum died from glioblastoma in Boulder, Colorado on October 8, 2020.