Born June 10, 1952, in Hollywood, CA; died January 31, 2010, of cancer; daughter of George (a mail carrier) and Katherine (a painter) Baker. Religion: "Born Roman Catholic; nonobservant." Avocational Interests: Bird watching, folklore, history, Shakespeare, classic films.

• Mother Aegypt and Other Stories (horror), Night Shade Books (Mountain View, CA), 2004.
• Dark Mondays (stories), Night Shade Books (San Francisco, CA), 2006.
• Rude Mechanicals (limited edition), Subterranean Press (Burton, MI), 2007.
• Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key (novella), Subterranean Press (Burton, MI), 2008.
• The Women of Nell Gwynne's (novella), Subterranean Press (Burton, MI), 2009.

• In the Garden of Iden, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1998.
• Sky Coyote, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1999.
• Mendoza in Hollywood, Harcourt (New York, NY), 2000.
• The Graveyard Game, Harcourt (New York, NY), 2001.
• Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (short stories), Golden Gryphon Press (Urbana, IL), 2002.
• The Life of the World to Come, Tor (New York, NY), 2004.
• The Children of the Company, Tor (New York, NY), 2005.
• The Machine's Child, Tor (New York, NY), 2006.
• Gods and Pawns (stories), Tor (New York, NY), 2006.
• The Sons of Heaven, Tor (New York, NY), 2007.

• The Anvil of the World (fantasy), Tor (New York, NY), 2003.
• The House of the Stag, Tor (New York, NY), 2008.
• The Empress of Mars, Tor (New York, NY), 2009.
• The Hotel Under the Sand, Tachyon (San Francisco, CA), 2009.

Also author of limited edition novella, The Empress of Mars, Night Shade Books. Contributor to science fiction anthologies, including The 17th Annual Year's Best Science Fiction, St. Martin's Press, 2000; Asimov's Utopias, Ace, 2000; The Year's Best Fantasy 2, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Eos, 2002; The 20th Annual Year's Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Press, 2003; The Silver Gryphon, edited by Gary Turner and Marty Halpern, Golden Gryphon Press, 2003; Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian, edited by Janis Ian and Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003; The Year's Best Fantasy 3, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Eos, 2003; and The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, edited by Jeffrey Vandermeer and Mark Roberts, Night Shade Books, 2003. Contributor of stories and novellas to Asimov's Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, Quantum, Realms of Fantasy, Silver Gryphon, and Fictionwise.com.

Baker's "Company" books have been translated into German, French, Hebrew, and Italian.