Mishell Baker is an American writer of fantasy. A 2009 graduate of the

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, her fantasy stories have been published in ''

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'', '' Beneath Ceaseless Skies'', and '' Electric Velocipede''.

Overview

In 2016, Baker published ''Borderline'', the first novel in te Arcadia Project

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series with Simon & Schuster's imprint Saga Press (edited by

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). It was a

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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

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. 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

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with her partner and two children.

Novels

The Arcadia Project # ''Borderline'', March 2016, # ''Phantom Pains'', March 2017, # ''Impostor Syndrome'', March 13, 2018

Awards and nominations

''Borderline''

* Nominated for the 2016

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for Best Novel. * Included on the 2016 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List. * Nominated for the 2017

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The Arcadia Project trilogy

The trilogy taken as a whole was a finalist for the

Mythopoeic Award The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given annually for outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas. Established by the Mythopoeic Society in 1971, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Awa ...

References

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