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Paula Baker

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Born

in Winnipeg, Canada

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https://bakerdavies.ca

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Children's, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Part of a mother-and-son author team, Paula Baker wrote Rebels of Halklyen, The God Sword and The White Wolf, a middle grade fantasy trilogy, with her son, Aidan Davies. She grew up on a farm in Manitoba where she spent as much time reading as she did building treehouses.

After earning a Bachelor of Music Education from Brandon University and a Masters in Gifted Education from the University of North Texas, she worked as a band teacher and librarian for thirty-five years.

Her writing partnership with Aidan began on the first day of summer holidays after his grade nine year. They decided they would list their names alphabetically on the cover of their book. He was thinking of first names and as a librarian, she knew it was last names that matt ...more

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Average rating: 4.36 · 348 ratings · 106 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rebels of Halklyen (The Hawks, #1) by Paula Baker (Goodreads Author), Aidan Davies (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The God Sword (The Hawks #2) by Paula Baker (Goodreads Author), Aidan Davies (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Wolf (The Hawks #3) by Paula Baker (Goodreads Author), Aidan Davies (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirt Town by Paula Baker (Goodreads Author), Aidan Davies (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raptor's Call by Paula Baker (Goodreads Author), Aidan Davies (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loftiest Intelligence (Legend of Order and Chaos, #1) by Paula Baker (Goodreads Author), Aidan Davies (Goodreads Author) 4.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hawks Trilogy Box Set (#1 - #3) by Paula Baker (Goodreads Author), Aidan Davies (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hawks Trilogy 2-Book Box Set (The God Sword & The White Wolf): Assassins are not always the bad guys. 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Hawks (3 books)
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Paula liked Roger's review of The Hawks Trilogy Box Set (#1 - #3): "The Hawks Trilogy Complete Collection Box Set (Rebels of Halklyen, The God Sword & The White Wolf): Assassins are not always the bad guys. Rebels of Halklyen: The Hawks: Book One, my third read from author Paula Baker, co-written with her son Aidan Da" Read more of this review »
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Paula liked John Bitsko's review of Loftiest Intelligence (Legend of Order and Chaos, #1): "I really enjoyed this book. The story moves at a fast pace and is loved the world building. The characters are well developed. Excellent start to a series. "
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Paula liked Tony Fecteau's review of Loftiest Intelligence (Legend of Order and Chaos, #1): "This book is an incredible adventure. Ellie is amazing and will do what is needed to learn magic. Of course, all the other characters are amazing as well. I lost myself reading this book which tells me I was fully immersed in this world."
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Paula liked Alan Harry's review of Loftiest Intelligence (Legend of Order and Chaos, #1): "Wow - what a great start to what I am expecting to be another epic series. This book starts with a self-taught mage leaving her home to go to the College of Mages. This sounds simple enough, but she is running away from home and with the help of an e" Read more of this review »
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Paula made a comment on Steve Filson’s review of Loftiest Intelligence (Legend of Order and Chaos, #1) " We are thrilled to hear you liked it. Thanks for reading. "
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