Kage Baker Papers

Collection — Container: SFWA

Identifier: RBSC-SFWA-022

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Kage Baker Papers consist of original and edited manuscripts, copyedited/first pass page proofs, and page proofs after revision of her novels, novellas, and short stories. There are personal notes and revisions pertaining to her stories and a good amount of correspondence associated to those materials. The collection is divided into series based upon format. Series I consists of novels; Series II includes novellas; Series III contains short stories; Series IV consists of Notes; Series V contains correspondence; and Series VI is critiqued miscellaneous. The majority of materials are organized within their series based upon original date of publication. Dates of publication and reprinting are generally taken from the author’s webpage, http://www.kagebaker.com/.

Dates

created: 1980-2010
Other: Date acquired: 04/07/2008

Creator

Baker, Kage (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Photographs and photocopies of collection are prohibited.

Conditions Governing Use

Property Rights are transferred to the University Libraries per the signed Deed of Gift Document. Literary Rights are retained by the content creator. Any copyrights so stated in the materials remain in force.

Biographical or Historical Information

Kage Baker was born on June 10, 1952, in Hollywood California. She grew up in a family with six siblings in Pismo Beach. Before her writing career she spent much of her time studying Elizabethan historical periods. Her first writings were published in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1997, as well as her first novel In the Garden of Iden, which was published by Hodder and Stoughton. Her Empress of Mars novella was nominated for a Hugo award in 2003. Sadly, on January 31, 2010, Kage Baker passed away due to complications of uterine cancer. On May 15, 2010, her work The Women of Nell Gwynne’s won the 2009 Nebula Award in the Best Novella category.

Note written by

Extent

4.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The collection is divided into series based upon format. Series I consists of novels; Series II includes novellas; Series III contains short stories; Series IV consists of Notes; Series V contains correspondence; and Series VI is critiqued miscellaneous.