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Rae Bridgman

Author/Illustrator

Winnipeg, MB
Email: rae@raebridgman.ca
Web: www.raebridgman.ca

Biography

I was born in Toronto and now live in Winnipeg. Ever an avid reader of children's fantasy books, I draw together my many lives as an author, artist, anthropologist, university professor and mother of six. With a slight twist of my pen, I hope to snatch readers from Earthly Realms to Realms of Myth.

I received my Bachelor of Arts degree (Classics) and Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, and my Master's (Interdisciplinary Studies) and PhD (Anthropology) from York University. I am a professor in the Department of City Planning and Associate Dean (Research) in the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture. My writing spans children's fantasy novels and academic books.

Published Works

Fantasy

Amber Ambrosia Great Plains Publications, 978-1-894283731, 2007. Fantasy novel for the young and young-at-heart with pen-and-ink illustrations(second in the MiddleGate Series).
The Serpent's Spell Great Plains Publications, 978-1-894283-678, 2006. Fantasy novel for the young and the young-at-heart with pen-and-ink illustrations (first in the MiddleGate Series).

Academic

StreetCities: Rehousing the Homeless Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 1-5511-533-62006. Academic.
Safe Haven: The Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women University of Toronto Press; 0-8020-8084-7; 2003. Academic.
Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness Co-author Irene Glasser. New York: Berghahn Books; 1-57181-097-8; 1999. Academic.
Feminist Fields: Ethnographic Insights (with co-editors Sally Cole and Heather Howard-Bobiwash). Broadview Press; 1-551111-195-0; 1999. Edited collection.

Awards

McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award (older category), Finalist (2007) for "The Serpent's Spell"

Other Memberships

IBBY Canada
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Canadian Children's Book Centre
Writers' Union of Canada
Manitoba Writers' Guild
Winnipeg's Writers' Collective
Winnipeg Children's Literature Roundtable

Available For

Readings and presentations for all those who love children's fantasy books---the young and the young-at-heart!