Mishell Baker
Mishell Baker | |
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Born | 1976 |
Occupation | novelist, short story writer |
Nationality | Vereinigte Staaten |
Period | 2009 - Present |
Genre | fantasy, Urban fantasy |
Mishell Baker is an American writer of fantasy and urban 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]
In 2016, she published Borderline, the first novel in The Arcadia Project urban fantasy series with 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] It was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[5] Borderline was also included on the 2016 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List.[6]
The second book in the series, Phantom Pains, was released in 2017.[7]
Biography
Mishell Baker lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and two children.[1] She frequently writes about her own borderline personality disorder diagnosis and how it has affected her writing.[8]She is also an avid player of World of Warcraft Classic.
Novels
The Arcadia Project
- Borderline, March 2016, ISBN 9781508225263
- Phantom Pains, March 2017, ISBN 9781481451925
- Imposter Syndrome, March 13, 2018
Awards
Borderline was nominated for the 2017 World Fantasy Award—Novel.
References
- ^ a b "Mishell Baker". Simon & Schuster.
- ^ "Staff Pick: 'Borderline' by Mishell Baker".
- ^ "The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2016". 16 November 2016.
- ^ "'Borderline' Is Urban Fantasy With A Cinematic Punch".
- ^ "SFWA Announces 2016 Nebula, Norton, and Bradbury Award Nominees!". Nebula Awards. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ https://tiptree.org/2017/03/anna-marie-mclemore-wins-the-2016-tiptree-award-plus-honor-list-long-list-announcements
- ^ "Phantom Pains". 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Not as Crazy as You'd Think: The Borderline Protagonist in Fantasy - Uncanny Magazine". 2 March 2016.