Kage Baker (born June 10, 1952)^[1] is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

She was born in Hollywood, California and has 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.

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 was nominated for a Hugo Award.

Her unusual first name (pronounced like the word "cage") is a combination of the names of her two grandmothers, Kate and Genevieve.

In 2008, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.^[2]

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.^[3]

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels of The Company 1.2 Company story collections 1.3 Standalone Company novellas 1.4 Other works 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels of The Company

• In the Garden of Iden (1997)
• Sky Coyote (1999)
• Mendoza in Hollywood (2000)
• The Graveyard Game (2001)
• The Life of the World to Come (2004)
• The Children of the Company (2005)
• The Machine's Child (2006)
• The Sons of Heaven (2007)

[edit] Company story collections

• Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (2002)
• Gods and Pawns (2007)

[edit] Standalone Company novellas

• The Angel in the Darkness (limited edition chapbook, 2003)
• Rude Mechanicals (limited edition chapbook, 2007)

[edit] Other works

• Anvil of the World (2003)
• Mother Ægypt and Other Stories (2004) - title story features the Company
• Dark Mondays (2006)
• The House of the Stag (2008)
• Where the Golden Apples Grow (2006) Novella
• Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key (2008)
• The Hotel Under the Sand (2009) Juvenile
• The Empress of Mars (2009)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kage Baker's official homepage - main page, with bibliography
• Kage Baker at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Kage Baker's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
• Review, In the Garden of Iden
• Review, Sky Coyote
• Review, The Anvil of the World
• Kage Baker interviewed by Jeff Vandermeer for Clarkesworld Magazine (March 2007)