Arden Baker

Arden Baker is a lapsed translator and emerging writer of short science fiction and fantasy. In his spare time he brews mead, plays tabletop RPGs, and runs Meridian Australis, a small speculative fiction writing collective. He has previously been published in Escape Pod, Aurealis, and Heartlines, among others. He received the 2024 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story, and was shortlisted for the Richell Prize in 2025.