Mishell Baker
Mishell Baker | |
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Born | 1976 |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
Nationality | United States |
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]
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[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ https://tiptree.org/2017/03/anna-marie-mclemore-wins-the-2016-tiptree-award-plus-honor-list-long-list-announcements
- ^ Baker, Mishell (21 March 2017). Phantom Pains. ISBN 9781481451925.
- ^ "Not as Crazy as You'd Think: The Borderline Protagonist in Fantasy - Uncanny Magazine". 2 March 2016.
External links[]
- 21st-century American novelists
- American fantasy writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Living people
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 1976 births
- 21st-century American women writers
- People with borderline personality disorder