Kaliane Bradley

Kaliane Bradley
Born
Kaliane Mong Huxham Bradley

1988
Walthamstow, London, England
Other namesKa Bradley
Alma mater
Years active2012–present

Kaliane Mong Huxham Bradley (born 1988) is an English writer and editor. She is known for her debut novel The Ministry of Time (2024).

Early life

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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

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In 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]

Bradley is developing her next novel.[11]

Personal life

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Bradley lives in East London with her partner Sam, an academic. The couple intend to wed in summer 2024.[12]

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • The Ministry of Time (2024)

Short stories and essays

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  • "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

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  • On Anxiety: An Anthology (2018) (co-edited)

Edited translations

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  • Swallowing Mercury (2017) by Wioletta Greg, translated by Eliza Marciniak
  • The Collection (2019) by Nina Leger, translated by Laura Francis

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Allen, Katie (29 June 2012). "Holloway to leave Granta". The Bookseller. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ Wood, Heloise (16 January 2020). "Granta promotes Ka Bradley and Sinéad O'Callaghan". The Bookseller. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Articles by Ka Bradley - Profile". MuckRack. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ^ Bradley, Kaliane (28 July 2022). "Read the winning entry of our 2022 short-story competition". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Kaliane Bradley wins the £1,000 V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2022 with 'Doggerland'". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  7. ^ Tivnan, Tom (18 April 2023). "Sceptre pre-empts Bradley's debut amid a flurry of international interest". The Bookseller. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
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