Mishell Baker

In 2016, Baker published Borderline, the first novel in the Arcadia Project urban fantasy series with Simon & Schuster's imprint Saga Press (edited by Navah Wolfe). It was a Publishers Weekly 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 borderline personality disorder. 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 Los Angeles, California with her partner and two children. In November 2022, Baker was diagnosed with metastatic appendix cancer and placed on palliative chemotherapy. ==Novels==

The Arcadia Project • Borderline, March 2016, • Phantom Pains, March 2017, • Impostor Syndrome, March 13, 2018 ==Awards and nominations==

Borderline • Nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel. • Included on the 2016 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List. • Nominated for the 2017 World Fantasy Award—Novel. The Arcadia Project trilogy The trilogy taken as a whole was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award. ==References==