How can an urban fantasy novel save lives? By depicting a protagonist with BPD who is resourceful, loyal, and heroic. In Borderline, the first book in the Arcadia Project trilogy, author and BPD survivor Mishell Baker does just that. In this interview, her perspectives on her books and her life reveal a woman who has found strength and inner peace after agony. As she says to me, “If you die by your own hand, you don't know if your work was done.”
Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:
Mishell Baker, Borderline
Mishell Baker, Phantom Pains
Mishell Baker, Imposter Syndrome
Charlaine Harris, The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
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