Mishell Baker
Mishell Baker 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.
Overview
In 2016, Baker published Borderline, the first novel in the Arcadia Project urban fantasy series with Simon & Schuster's imprint Saga Press. It was a Publishers Weekly staff pick, and Barnes & Noble chose it as one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2016. Borderline is notable for having a disabled protagonist with borderline personality disorder.The second and third books in the series, Phantom Pains and Impostor Syndrome, were released in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Biography
Mishell Baker lives in Los Angeles, California with her partner and two children.In November 2022, Baker was diagnosed with metastatic appendix cancer and placed on palliative chemotherapy.
Novels
The Arcadia Project- Borderline, March 2016,
- Phantom Pains, March 2017,
- Impostor Syndrome, March 13, 2018
Awards and nominations
''Borderline''
- Nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel.
- Included on the 2016 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List.
- Nominated for the 2017 World Fantasy Award—Novel.