Mishell Baker is the author of the Nebula and World Fantasy Award Finalist Borderline, which was also a Tiptree Honor book, as well as the second and third books in The Arcadia Project, Phantom Pains and Impostor Syndrome. She is a 2009 graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop, and her short stories have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Redstone Science Fiction, and Electric Velocipede. She has a website at MishellBaker.com and frequently Tweets about writing, parenthood, mental health, and assorted geekery at @MishellBaker. When she’s not attending conventions or going on wild research adventures, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.
* "Nebula-nominee Baker delivers an emotional knockout punch in the
wrenching third Arcadia Project novel...Baker’s richly detailed
worldbuilding intersects with powerful storytelling to keep readers
hooked. The tear-jerking conclusion is a fitting wrap-up to the
series, but readers will still hope for more Millie stories to
come."
*Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW*
"Mixing humor with serious action, the final volume of Baker’s
trilogy (Borderline; Phantom Pains) wraps up a layered story line
with a satisfying imperfect ending."
*Library Journal*
"Borderline is worldbuilding at its most original...I
loved this book."
*Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of DEAD UNTIL
DARK, on BORDERLINE*
"Smart, snappy, fast, fantastic. You will not be sorry you read
this."
*Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of the October
Daye series, on BORDERLINE*
"A fast-paced story of high costs laced with humor that goes from
light-hearted to scathing with the flip of a coin...navigates the
borderlands of friendship and enmity, trust and betrayal, with
shrewd and unrelenting grace."
*NPR, on BORDERLINE*
* "Fully articulated, flawed, and fascinating characters combine
with masterly urban fantasy storytelling in Baker’s debut novel...
[a] beautifully written story that is one part mystery, one part
fantasy, and wholly engrossing."
*Publishers Weekly, on BORDERLINE*
* "Baker’s debut takes gritty urban fantasy in a new direction with
flawed characters, painful life lessons, and not a small amount of
humor."
*Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW, on BORDERLINE*
"An enjoyable fantasy mystery that tackles physical disability and
mental illness without sacrificing diverting, fast-paced
storytelling."
*Kirkus Reviews, on BORDERLINE*
"Baker’s consistent, caring integration of the realities of
disability into the narrative, makes Borderline one of the most
purely respectful portrayals of people with disabilities that I’ve
ever had the pleasure of reading, and that in turn makes it an
excellent launch to a very promising urban fantasy series."
*Publishers Weekly STAFF PICK, on BORDERLINE*
"Baker has crafted a swift, delightful, and complex beginning to
your next favorite urban fantasy series, very nearly redefining the
genre along the way...an unabashed pleasure cruise, filled to the
brim with snappy dialogue, smart character choices,
behind-the-scenes Hollywood shenanigans, and delightful
fish-out-of-water moments."
*B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy blog, on BORDERLINE*
"Mishell Baker’s new Arcadia Project series is off to a thrilling
and glamorous start with Borderline...Baker has given her audience
urban fantasy at its finest—visceral and real in its sense of
space, and dancing on the uncanny edges of our vision...Borderline
is dark and creeping and smart as a whip."
*Tor.com, on BORDERLINE*
"Borderline [is] a strange, fast-paced, and surprisingly dark tale
about magic, madness and mystique...Despite the engaging plot,
Millie’s character, and the complexities in the characters around
her made the book a real page-turner for me...Immensely riveting,
with unexpected influxes of depth."
*MuggleNet.com, on BORDERLINE*
"Urban fantasy series often live of die on the strength of their
protagonist, and by that measure, Mishell Baker has written one of
the greats...Baker spins a fast-moving fantasy yarn while crafting
fully formed characters, showing great compassion in her depiction
of mental illness and alienation."
*B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy blog, Bookseller picks, on
BORDERLINE*
"Boasting a truly unique heroine whose flaws only make her more
compelling, Baker’s debut is an exciting entry into an imaginative
new world."
*Booklist, on BORDERLINE*
"Pure perfection...a smart, witty, and engrossing book that made me
laugh-out-loud and hold my breath as I fell under its spell...Baker
is on par with Elmore Leonard when it comes to mastery in the art
of dialogue."
*SF Signal on BORDERLINE*
"An absolutely incredible, engaging, fun piece of speculative
fiction."
*The Book Smugglers on Kirkus Reviews, on BORDERLINE*
"A quick-paced, engrossing read with a surprisingly genuine and
realistic portrayal of mental illness and physical
disability...successfully balances darkness, humor and wit, set
against a creatively imagined world...Readers will be left excited
for more."
*Romantic Times, on BORDERLINE*
"Shrewd, sharp and full of fiercely graceful writing."
*NPR, on BORDERLINE*
* "Everything readers think they know about both worlds will
be upended by this enthralling installment."
*Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW, on PHANTOM PAINS*
* " This follow-up to Borderline keeps the emotional punches
from Baker’s resilient protagonist coming."
*Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW, on PHANTOM PAINS*
"In her second outing, Baker expands on the rich world she created
and adds new dimension to Millie, who remains a thoroughly
appealing and complex heroine."
*Booklist, on PHANTOM PAINS*
“Baker’s prose is a liquid line with light in it, that you can’t
tell is gasoline until she touches it with a match…. Phantom
Pains succeeds in being both seamlessly connected
to Borderline and utterly its own ambitious project. I
was constantly aware of being impressed with it while being
absorbed by it – and I ended up loving it more
than Borderline, which is saying something.”
*Lightspeed Magazine, on PHANTOM PAINS*
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