Mishell Baker

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]

Mishell Baker
Baker in March 2018
Born	1976 (age 48–49)
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer
Nationality	American
Period	2009–present
Genre	fantasy
Children	2
Website
mishellbaker.com

Overview

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

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

The Arcadia Project

1. Borderline, March 2016, ISBN 9781508225263
2. Phantom Pains, March 2017, ISBN 9781481451925
3. Impostor Syndrome, March 13, 2018 ISBN 9781481451949

Awards and nominations

Borderline

• 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

The trilogy taken as a whole was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award.^[9]