Mishell Baker
Mishell Baker | |
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| Baker in March 2018 Baker in March 2018 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 2009–present |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
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Mishell Baker (born 1976) is an American writer of fantasy. A 2009 graduate of the Clarion Workshop, her fantasy stories have been published in Daily Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Electric Velocipede.[1]
Overview
[edit | edit source]In 2016, Baker published Borderline, the first novel in the Arcadia Project urban fantasy series with Simon & Schuster's imprint Saga Press (edited by Navah Wolfe). It was a Publishers Weekly staff pick,[2] and Barnes & Noble chose it as one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2016.[3] Borderline is notable for having a disabled protagonist with borderline personality disorder.[4]
The second and third books in the series, Phantom Pains and Impostor Syndrome, were released in 2017 and 2018 respectively.[5]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Mishell Baker lives in Los Angeles, California with her partner and two children.[1]
In November 2022, Baker was diagnosed with metastatic appendix cancer and placed on palliative chemotherapy.
Novels
[edit | edit source]The Arcadia Project
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Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]Borderline
[edit | edit source]- Nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[6]
- Included on the 2016 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List.[7]
- Nominated for the 2017 World Fantasy Award—Novel.[8]
The Arcadia Project trilogy
[edit | edit source]The trilogy taken as a whole was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award.[9]
References
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External links
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