Author Kage Baker Dead at 57

January has been a bad month; we have been saying goodbye to many beloved authors. On Sunday, January 31, Kage Baker died of cancer. Baker was best known for her Company series of time travel novels and stories. The Empress of Mars was an expansion of her 2003 novella, which won a Sturgeon Award and was a Hugo and Nebula finalist. She also wrote fantasy, including The Anvil of the World and The House of the Stag. In 1999, she was a finalist for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She published about 70 short stories, including Hugo finalist "Son Observe the Time" and World Fantasy finalist "Caverns of Mystery."