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 |
Kaliane Mong Huxham Bradley is an English writer and editor. She is known for her debut novel The Ministry of Time (2024).
Kaliane 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]
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]
In 2024 her latest book The Ministry of Time was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. [12]
As of May 2024 [update] Bradley was living in East London with her partner Sam, an academic. They intended to wed in summer 2024. [13]
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