A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
core novel 2020 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (74,784 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 306 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781614505242 |
Synopsis
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking is a 2020 young adult fantasy novel by Ursula Vernon, writing as T. Kingfisher. Mona, a teenage baker whose modest magical gift lets her animate and command bread and dough, works quietly in her aunt's bakery, wanting nothing more than to keep baking in peace. That routine is shattered when she discovers a corpse on the bakery floor, an event that draws the attention of the city guard and, soon after, the sinister Inquisitor Oberon, who is hunting wizards over a suspected citywide plot, leaving Mona to prove her innocence while the true killer remains free.
Where it sits
- Universe: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
- Series: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: T. Kingfisher
Awards (verified)
- Andre Norton Award, 2020: won; SFWA's Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction; confirmed directly via nebulas.sfwa.org's own nominated-work page ('Winner, Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction in 2020').
- Lodestar Award (Best Young Adult Book), 2021: won; Confirmed directly via thehugoawards.org's own 2021 results page.
- Locus Award (Best Young Adult Book), 2021: won; Confirmed directly via locusmag.com's own 2021 winners announcement.
- Mythopoeic Award (Children's Literature), 2021: won; Confirmed directly via mythsoc.org's own award-winners page.
Notes
- From the series record (A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking): One continuous standalone novel; no sequel has been published.
Sources
- Wikipedia: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
- Rating-platform listing: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wizard's_Guide_to_Defensive_Baking
- Nebula Awards: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (nominated work page)
- The Hugo Award: 2021 (Lodestar Award result)
- Locus: 2021 Locus Awards Winners
- Mythopoeic Society, Awards Winners
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