- Rae Bridgman
Rae Bridgman is a Canadian author and illustrator of the MiddleGate [ fantasy series for young adults inspired by the snakes of Narcisse and Inwood, Manitoba: "The Serpent’s Spell" (McNally Robinson Book for Young People finalist 2006), "Amber Ambrosia" and "Fish and Sphinx" (Speculative Literature Foundation Honourable Mention 2008). She is also the author of "StreetCities: Rehousing the Homeless" (Broadview Press, 2006) and "Safe Haven: The Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women" (University of Toronto Press, 2003), [cite news |title=Rae Bridgman, Safe Haven: the Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women.(Book Review) |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14670026_ITM |work=
Labour/Le Travail |date=22 September 2004 |accessdate=2008-09-28 ] co-author of "Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness" (Berghahn Books, 1999) [cite news |title=Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-72572879.html |work=Anthropological Quarterly |date=1 April 2001 |accessdate=2008-09-28 ] and co-editor of ""Feminist Fields: Ethnographic Insights" (Broadview Press, 1999). [cite news |title=Feminist Fields: Ethnographic Insights.(Review) |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10920803_ITM |work=The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology |date=1 February 2001 |accessdate=2008-09-28 ]Background
Writer, artist and anthropologist Rae Bridgman was born in
Toronto . She is the mother of six children, and has made Winnipeg, Manitoba her home. Bridgman received her Bachelor of Arts degree (Classics) and her Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, and her Master's (Interdisciplinary Studies) and PhD (Anthropology) from York University. She holds the position of Professor in the Department of City Planning at the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Architecture. She is a founding member of BridgmanCollaborative Architecture, a Winnipeg Architecture firm. Her writing spans children's fantasy novels and academic books.Bridgman illustrates her fantasy novels with distinctive India ink drawings that are found at the start of each chapter. She also incorporates Latin into her children's books to activate interest in the ancient living language. Latin is magical in the novels and is used to unlock the secret meaning of words. The MiddleGate novels are written for readers 8 - 108 years old.
Works
Non-fiction:
*"Feminist Fields: Ethnographic Insights" (co-editors Sally Cole and Heather Howard-Bobiwash). Broadview Press; 1-551111-195-0; 1999. Edited collection.
*"Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness". Co-author Irene Glasser. Berghahn Books; 1-57181-097-8; 1999. Academic.
*"Safe Haven: The Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women". University of Toronto Press. Academic. 2003
*"StreetCities: Rehousing the Homeless". Broadview Press. Academic. 2006Fiction:
*"The Serpent's Spell". Great Plains Publications. 2006
*"Amber Ambrosia". Second of the MiddleGate books, Great Plains Publications, 2007
*"Fish and Sphinx". The third of the MiddleGate Books, Great Plains Publications, 2008References
External links
* [http://www.raebridgman.ca/ Rae Bridgman Official Site]
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