Darla Baker’s career encompasses a diverse list of roles, including best-selling author, publisher, literary board member, podcast host, and Silicon Valley engineering leader. As founder and president of the nonprofit Stone Soup Community Press, Baker is an advocate and mentor for writers of lesbian fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her book series, Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist, was an instant Amazon best-seller. 

Baker attended Georgetown College and Wright State University, where she completed her B.S.B. in Finance

Outside of the literary world, Baker has dedicated more than thirty years to serving government, nonprofit, corporate, Silicon Valley start-ups, and Fortune 100 firms as a management consultant and software engineer – both independently and with notable organizations like DataStax 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.

In her rich personal life, Baker spends her time between Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, and traveling in her custom campervan, Dulcinea, with her wife of over twenty-five years and their well-behaved staffy, Mati.