Kage Baker

Kage Baker

Kage Baker in 2009
Born (1952-06-10)June 10, 1952
Hollywood, California, United States
Died January 31, 2010(2010-01-31) (aged 57)
Pismo Beach, California, United States
Occupation Writer
Period 1997–2010
Genre Science fiction
Fantasy

Kage Baker (June 10, 1952[1] – January 31, 2010[2]) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Biography

Baker was born in Hollywood, California and lived there and in Pismo Beach most of her life. Before becoming a professional writer she spent many years in theater, including teaching Elizabethan English as a second language.[3] Her unusual first name (pronounced like the word "cage") is a combination of the names of her two grandmothers, Kate and Genevieve.

She is best known for her "Company" series of historical time travel science fiction. Her first stories were published in Asimov's Science Fiction in 1997, and her first novel, In the Garden of Iden, by Hodder & Stoughton in the same year. Other notable works include Mendoza in Hollywood (novel, 2000) and "The Empress of Mars" (novella, 2003), which won the Theodore Sturgeon Award[4] and was nominated for a Hugo Award.

In 2008, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.[5]

In 2009, her short story "Caverns of Mystery" and her novel House of the Stag were both nominated for World Fantasy Awards, but neither piece won.[6]

In January 2010, it was reported that Baker was seriously ill with cancer.[7] She died from uterine cancer at approximately 1:00 a.m. on January 31, 2010 in Pismo Beach, California.[2]

In 2010, Baker's The Women of Nell Gwynne's was nominated for a Hugo Award and a World Fantasy Award in the Best Novella categories.[8][9] On May 15, 2010, that work was awarded the 2009 Nebula Award in the Best Novella category.[10]

Baker left an unfinished novel, Nell Gwynne’s On Land and At Sea, which has been completed by her sister Kathleen Bartholomew based on extensive notes left by Baker, and was published in 2012.[11]

Partial bibliography

Novels set in the Company universe

Short story collections set in the Company universe

Standalone novellas set in the Company universe

Other works

Novels and novellas

Short story collections

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ↑ Kage Baker. "Bio". Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  2. 1 2 "Obituary: Kage Baker," SF Site, 1/31/2010
  3. ↑ "Elizabethan English as a Second Language". Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  4. ↑ "Theodore Sturgeon Award". Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  5. ↑ Kage Baker Papers, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection, Northern Illinois University
  6. ↑ "World Fantasy Awards Home Page". Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  7. ↑ "Kage Baker Health Update". Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  8. ↑ "The 2010 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award Nominees". AussieCon 4. April 4, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  9. ↑ Locus Publications. "Locus Online News » 2009 World Fantasy Awards Nominees".
  10. ↑ Standlee, Kevin (May 15, 2010). "Nebula Awards Results". Science Fiction Awards Watch. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Final novel by Kage Baker, Nell Gwynne’s On Land and At Sea to be released". Upcoming4.me. Retrieved June 20, 2012.

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