Kaliane Mong Huxham Bradley is an English writer and editor. She is known for her debut novel The Ministry of Time (2024).
Kaliane Bradley | |
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 Bradley at Waterstones, London in 2024 | |
| Born | Kaliane Mong Huxham Bradley Walthamstow, London, England |
| Other names | Ka Bradley |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
Early life and education
editKaliane Mong Huxham Bradley[citation needed] was born in Walthamstow, East London, to a British father and a Cambodian Khmer mother. Bradley grew up in a small house with a maternal older half-brother and younger twin sisters. The family moved out to Essex when Bradley was 10 for more space.[1]
Bradley attended a private secondary school. She graduated from University College London (UCL) with a degree in English literature.[1]
Career
editIn 2012, Bradley joined Granta magazine as an editorial assistant.[2] She was later promoted to junior editor and commissioning editor, and worked for Granta's imprint Portobello.[3] From 2016 to 2021, she wrote theatre and dance reviews and interviews for the likes of Exeunt Magazine, Time Out London, The Stage, and The Guardian.[4]
Bradley won the 2022 Harper's Bazaar Short Story Competition for "Golden Years"[5] and the VS Pritchett Short Story Prize for "Doggerland", the latter awarded by the Royal Society of Literature.[6]
In 2023, Bradley secured a book deal with Sceptre Books, a Hodder & Stoughton imprint, in addition to translations in 13 territories and an adaptation auction between 21 production companies.[7] Her debut novel The Ministry of Time, a time travel romance based around Franklin's lost expedition, was published in May 2024. Bradley had become inspired watching the AMC series The Terror during lockdown.[8] Ahead of the novel's release, the BBC commissioned an adaptation penned by Alice Birch, as announced in February.[9] The novel was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize[10] and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize.[11]
Bradley is developing her next novel.[12]
Personal life
editAs of May 2024[update] Bradley was living in East London with her partner Sam, an academic. They intended to wed in summer 2024.[13]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- The Ministry of Time (2024)
Short stories and essays
edit- "A Manifesto of Gym Literature" in minor literature[s] (2015)
- "How to Inflate a Balloon" in Queen Mob's Tea House (2015)
- "Please Help, My Poem is Very Sick" in Queen Mob's Tea House (2015)
- "A Letter of Enquiry Regarding a Possible Purchase" in The Offing (2015)
- "Naming and its Discontents" in Awst Press (2016)
- "Gloomy Sundays" in Somesuch Stories
- "Wendy" in Granta (2016)
- "The Wall" in Somesuch Stories #2 (2017)
- "Virginia Street to Kendall" in Under the Influence #18 (2017)
- "Same-same but different" in Granta (2017)
- "First Refrain from Doing Harm" in Somesuch Stories
- "Bishop of the Bluebells" in The Willowherb Review (2019)
- "The Housemate" in Catapule (2020)
- "London Foxes: You Can't Vaccinate a City Animal for Rudeness" in Electric Literature #182 (2021)
- Work in Extra Teeth #4 (2021)
- "Doggerland" (2022)
- "Golden Years" (2022)
Edited collections
edit- On Anxiety: An Anthology (2018) (co-edited)
Edited translations
edit- Swallowing Mercury (2017) by Wioletta Greg, translated by Eliza Marciniak
- The Collection (2019) by Nina Leger, translated by Laura Francis
References
edit- ^ a b Allardice, Lisa (11 May 2024). "The Ministry of Time author Kaliane Bradley: 'It was just so much fun'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Allen, Katie (29 June 2012). "Holloway to leave Granta". The Bookseller. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Wood, Heloise (16 January 2020). "Granta promotes Ka Bradley and Sinéad O'Callaghan". The Bookseller. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Articles by Ka Bradley - Profile". MuckRack. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Bradley, Kaliane (28 July 2022). "Read the winning entry of our 2022 short-story competition". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Kaliane Bradley wins the £1,000 V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2022 with 'Doggerland'". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Tivnan, Tom (18 April 2023). "Sceptre pre-empts Bradley's debut amid a flurry of international interest". The Bookseller. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Gordon, Doug (12 July 2024). "Kaliane Bradley's 'The Ministry of Time' takes time travel to a whole new level". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "BBC enters The Ministry of Time, adapted by Alice Birch from Kaliane Bradley's debut novel". BBC Media Centre. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Fraser, Katie (19 June 2024). "Kaliane Bradley, Ferdia Lennon and Kaveh Akbar shortlisted for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Creamer, Ella (24 October 2024). "David Nicholls heads shortlist for Wodehouse comic fiction prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ Perzo, Zoe (April 2024). "A Q&A with Kaliane Bradley, Author of May Indie Next List Top Pick "The Ministry of Time"". American Booksellers Association. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Puckett-Pope, Lauren (14 May 2024). "Kaliane Bradley Fell in Love With a Dead Man. The Result Is The Ministry of Time". Elle. Retrieved 19 July 2024.