Darla Baker’s career encompasses a diverse list of roles including best-selling author, publisher, podcast host, and Silicon Valley engineering leader. As President and Executive Director of Stone Soup Community Press, Inc. 501(c)3, Baker is an advocate and mentor for writers of queer fiction. Her book series, Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist, was an Amazon number one best-seller.Baker attended Georgetown College and Wright State University, where she completed her B.S.B. in Finance with an additional concentration in Psychology. Outside of the literary world, Baker has dedicated her career to serving government, nonprofit, corporate, Silicon Valley start-ups, and Fortune 100 firms as a tech leader and advisor—both independently and with notable organizations like Opus Literary Alliance, Last9, Dremio, Lambda Literary Foundation, DataStax, Golden Crown Literary Society, and Hobsons, Inc. Prior to her corporate career, she spent nearly a decade with the Montgomery County Courts completing her tenure there as the Chief Deputy Clerk of Court.In her rich personal life, Baker spends her time on her boat, Galatea on Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, and traveling in her campervan, Dulcinea, with her wife and their well-behaved staffy, Mati
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