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Scott Baker (born 1947 in Chicago) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer.

His first novel, l'Idiot-roi (Symbiote's Crown), won the French Prix Apollo Award in 1978. In addition, he won the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for his short story Still Life with Scorpion.

Bibliography

Novels

Symbiote's Crown (1978) ISBN 978-0425038390
Nightchild (1979) ISBN 0671469312
Dhampire (1982) ISBN 0671446665
Drink the Fire from the Flames (1987) (Ashlu) ISBN 0812531477
Firedance (1986) (Ashlu) ISBN 0812531450
Webs (1989) ISBN 0812515587
Ancestral Hungers (1996) ISBN 031285868X

Short story collections (in French only)

Nouvelle recette pour canard au sang (1983)
Fringales (1985)
Aléas (1985)

Short stories (in English)

Flatsquid Thrills (1982)
The Path (1982)
The Lurking Duck (1983) (World Fantasy nominee)
Still Life with Scorpion (1984) (World Fantasy winner)
Sea Change (1986) (Locus Awards nominee)
Nesting Instinct (1987) (World Fantasy nominee)
The Sins of the Fathers (1988)
Varicose Worms (1989) (World Fantasy nominee, Locus Awards nominee)
Alimentary Tract (1990)
The Jamesburg Incubus (1990)
Virus Dreams (1993)
Prospero (1993)
Full Fathom Deep (1995)
Feral Frolics (2014)

Anthologies (in French only)

Ombres portées (1990)

References

"Scott Baker". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
"1984: The 10th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". www.worldfantasy.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
"1985: The 11th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". www.worldfantasy.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
"Locus Awards 1987". www.sfadb.com. Short Story nomination 24. Retrieved 19 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
"1988: The 14th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". www.worldfantasy.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
"1990: The 16th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". www.worldfantasy.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
"Locus Awards 1990". www.sfadb.com. Novelette nomination 20. Retrieved 19 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, page 82

External links

Scott Baker at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
French bibliography and book covers at nooSFere
French bibliography, covers, and cover copy at librarie YS: littératures de l'imaginaire

v t e World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction
1975–2000	"Pages from a Young Girl's Journal" by Robert Aickman (1975) "Belsen Express" by Fritz Leiber (1976) "There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding" by Russell Kirk (1977) "The Chimney" by Ramsey Campbell (1978) "Naples" by Avram Davidson (1979) "Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell (1980, tie) "The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980, tie) "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop (1981) "The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison (1982, tie) "Do the Dead Sing?" by Stephen King (1982, tie) "The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee (1983) "Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee (1984) "The Bones Wizard" by Alan Ryan (1985, tie) "Still Life with Scorpion" by Scott Baker (1985, tie) "Paper Dragons" by James Blaylock (1986) "Red Light" by David J. Schow (1987) "Friend's Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll (1988) "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford (1989) "The Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser (1990) "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (1991) "The Somewhere Doors" by Fred Chappell (1992) "Graves" by Joe Haldeman (1993, tie) "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons (1993, tie) "The Lodger" by Fred Chappell (1994) "The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King (1995) "The Grass Princess" by Gwyneth Jones (1996) "Thirteen Phantasms" by James Blaylock (1997) "Dust Motes" by P. D. Cacek (1998) "The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link (1999) "The Chop Girl" by Ian R. MacLeod (2000)
2001–present	"The Pottawatomie Giant" by Andy Duncan (2001) "Queen for a Day" by Albert E. Cowdrey (2002) "Creation" by Jeffrey Ford (2003) "Don Ysidro" by Bruce Holland Rogers (2004) "Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan (2005) "CommComm" by George Saunders (2006) "Journey Into the Kingdom" by M. Rickert (2007) "Singing of Mount Abora" by Theodora Goss (2008) "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (2009) "The Pelican Bar" by Karen Joy Fowler (2010) "Fossil-Figures" by Joyce Carol Oates (2011) "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (2012) "The Telling" by Gregory Norman Bossert (2013) "The Prayer of Ninety Cats" by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2014) "Do You Like to Look at Monsters?" by Scott Nicolay (2015) "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong (2016) "Das Steingeschöpf" by G. V. Anderson (2017) "The Birding: A Fairy Tale" by Natalia Theodoridou (2018) "Like a River Loves the Sky" by Emma Törzs / "Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake" by Mel Kassel (2019) "Read After Burning" by Maria Dahvana Headley (2020) "Glass Bottle Dancer" by Celeste Rita Baker (2021) "(emet)" by Lauren Ring (2022)

World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction

1975–2000

"Pages from a Young Girl's Journal" by Robert Aickman (1975)
"Belsen Express" by Fritz Leiber (1976)
"There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding" by Russell Kirk (1977)
"The Chimney" by Ramsey Campbell (1978)
"Naples" by Avram Davidson (1979)
"Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell (1980, tie)
"The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980, tie)
"The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop (1981)
"The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison (1982, tie)
"Do the Dead Sing?" by Stephen King (1982, tie)
"The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee (1983)
"Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee (1984)
"The Bones Wizard" by Alan Ryan (1985, tie)
"Still Life with Scorpion" by Scott Baker (1985, tie)
"Paper Dragons" by James Blaylock (1986)
"Red Light" by David J. Schow (1987)
"Friend's Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll (1988)
"Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford (1989)
"The Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser (1990)
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (1991)
"The Somewhere Doors" by Fred Chappell (1992)
"Graves" by Joe Haldeman (1993, tie)
"This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons (1993, tie)
"The Lodger" by Fred Chappell (1994)
"The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King (1995)
"The Grass Princess" by Gwyneth Jones (1996)
"Thirteen Phantasms" by James Blaylock (1997)
"Dust Motes" by P. D. Cacek (1998)
"The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link (1999)
"The Chop Girl" by Ian R. MacLeod (2000)

2001–present

"The Pottawatomie Giant" by Andy Duncan (2001)
"Queen for a Day" by Albert E. Cowdrey (2002)
"Creation" by Jeffrey Ford (2003)
"Don Ysidro" by Bruce Holland Rogers (2004)
"Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan (2005)
"CommComm" by George Saunders (2006)
"Journey Into the Kingdom" by M. Rickert (2007)
"Singing of Mount Abora" by Theodora Goss (2008)
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (2009)
"The Pelican Bar" by Karen Joy Fowler (2010)
"Fossil-Figures" by Joyce Carol Oates (2011)
"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (2012)
"The Telling" by Gregory Norman Bossert (2013)
"The Prayer of Ninety Cats" by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2014)
"Do You Like to Look at Monsters?" by Scott Nicolay (2015)
"Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong (2016)
"Das Steingeschöpf" by G. V. Anderson (2017)
"The Birding: A Fairy Tale" by Natalia Theodoridou (2018)
"Like a River Loves the Sky" by Emma Törzs / "Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake" by Mel Kassel (2019)
"Read After Burning" by Maria Dahvana Headley (2020)
"Glass Bottle Dancer" by Celeste Rita Baker (2021)
"(emet)" by Lauren Ring (2022)

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