Kage Baker
| Kage Baker | |
|---|---|
Kage Baker in 2009
|
|
| Born |
June 10, 1952 Hollywood, California, United States |
| Died | January 31, 2010 (aged 57) Pismo Beach, California, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 1997–2010 |
| Genre |
Science fiction Fantasy |
Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
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. 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 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.
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.
In January 2010, it was reported that Baker was seriously ill with cancer. She died from uterine cancer at approximately 1:00 a.m. on January 31, 2010, in Pismo Beach, California.
...
Wikipedia