Kage Baker
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-01
Kage Baker was born Mary Kate Genevieve Baker on 10 June 1952 in Hollywood, California, where she grew up, and later lived in Pismo Beach. Before becoming a professional writer she worked for many years in theatre, including teaching Elizabethan English as a second language. Her first stories appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction in 1997, and her first novel, In the Garden of Iden, was published that year. She is best known for the Company series of historical time-travel science fiction. Her novella The Empress of Mars (2003) won the Theodore Sturgeon Award, and her novella The Women of Nell Gwynne's won the 2009 Nebula Award. Her fantasy novels set in the Anvil of the World universe appeared from 2003 to 2010. She died of cancer on 31 January 2010, aged 57.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 3
- Current rank: #649 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.94
- Award recognitions: 2 nomination
Books
Aggregate across all universes
- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 2 (2 nomination)
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The Anvil of the World (2003) · The Anvil of the World Core Canon
The House of the Stag (2008) · The Anvil of the World Core Canon
The Bird of the River (2010) · The Anvil of the World Core Canon