Kage Baker is a relatively new
science fiction author who burst out on the scene with "
In The Garden Of Iden" in 1997. Since then she has published 3 other
novels and a number of short stories in
Asimov's, including "
Son, Observe The Time", which was nominated for a
Hugo Award. A number of these stories were collected in "
Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers" (
Golden Gryphon, 2002).
Kage Baker was born in
Hollywood, CA in 1952. Before her
SF career she was a
mural painter,
graphic artist,
playwright,
director, teacher of
Elizabethan English (for stage). She happily confesses to being a
Jethro Tull fan.
All Baker's
novels are all set in the "
Company" universe. The
Company is an immensely powerful
corporation that rescues people from death, makes them almost
immortal, and sends them on
time travel missions to rescue art or extinct life-forms. The stories are an odd combination of
historical novel and
science fiction, populated by
eccentric characters.
Novels:
- "
In The Garden Of Iden" (1997)
- "
Sky Coyote" (1999)
- "
Mendoza In Hollywood" (2000)
- "
The Graveyard Game" (2001)
Short story collections:
- "
Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers" (
Golden Gryphon, 2002).