Scott Baker (writer)
Scott Baker (born 1947 in Chicago) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. He may be the only person to hold a Masters of Arts degree in Speculative Fiction (Goddard College). After 20 years in Paris, he now lives in Pacific Grove, California. His first novel, Symbiote's Crown (l'Idiot-roi) received the French "PRIX Apollo" award. This novel was science fiction. He won a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction in 1985 for Still Life with Scorpion, and has been nominated for the award three other times.[1] Baker was co-author of the screenplay for the French film LITAN, which won the "Prix de la Critique" (Critic's Prize) at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival in 1982, and has worked on a number of other French films. He wrote some of the websites for WHO KILLED EVAN CHANG, the web tie-in for Steven Spielberg’s film, AI (Warner Brothers, 2001). He has been a judge for the World Fantasy Award and the Philip K. Dick Award.
Bibliography
Novels
- Symbiote's Crown (1978)
- Nightchild (1979)
- Dhampire (1982)
- Drink the Fire from the Flames (1987) (Ashlu)
- Firedance (1986) (Ashlu)
- Webs (1989)
- Ancestral Hungers (1996)
Short Story Collections (in French only)
- Nouvelle recette pour canard au sang (1983)
- Fringales (1985)
- Aléas (1985)
Short Stories
- Flatsquid Thrills (1982)
- The Path (1982)
- The Lurking Duck (1983) [World Fantasy nominee]
- Still Life with Scorpion (1984) [World Fantasy winner]
- Sea Change (1986)
- Nesting Instinct (1987) [World Fantasy nominee]
- The Sins of the Fathers (1988)
- Varicose Worms (1989) [World Fantasy nominee]
- Alimentary Tract (1990)
- The Jamesburg Incubus (1990)
- Virus Dreams (1993)
- Prospero (1993)
- Full Fathom Deep (1995)
Anthologies (in French only)
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