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.

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, 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. Included on the 2016 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List. Nominated for the 2017 World Fantasy Award—Novel.

The Arcadia Project trilogy The trilogy taken as a whole was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award.