Kaliane Bradley

Kaliane Bradley
Bradley at Waterstones, London in 2024
Born
Kaliane Mong Huxham Bradley

1989–1990
Walthamstow, London, England
Other namesKa Bradley
Alma mater
Years active2012–present

Kaliane Mong Huxham Bradley is an English writer and editor. Her debut novel The Ministry of Time (2024) received a number of accolades.

Early life and education

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]

Career

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 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 Ministry of Time was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize[10] and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize.[11] Bradley was named one of the 10 best new novelists of 2024 by The Observer.[12]

In April 2024, Bradley stated that she was working on her next novel, which would involve a retelling of Greek mythology with a neo-noir setting.[13]

Personal life

As of May 2024 Bradley was living in East London with her partner Sam, an academic. They intended to wed in summer 2024.[14][needs update]

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories and essays

  • "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

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

Edited translations

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

Awards

Year Title Award Category Result Ref.
2024 The Ministry of Time Amazon Books Best Book of the Year Fiction Shortlisted [15]
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize — Shortlisted [16]
Dymocks Book of the Year — Won [17]
Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction Won [18]
Debut Novel 2nd [19]
Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize — Shortlisted [20]
2025 Audie Award Fiction Finalist [21]
Australian Book Industry Awards International Book Shortlisted [22]
Authors' Club First Novel Award — Longlisted [23]
British Book Awards Debut Fiction Shortlisted [24]
Climate Fiction Prize — Shortlisted [25]
Jhalak Prize Prose Longlisted [26]
Libby Book Award Science Fiction Won [27]
Women's Prize for Fiction — Longlisted [28]
Hugo Awards Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominated [29]

References

  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. ^ Creamer, Ella (24 October 2024). "David Nicholls heads shortlist for Wodehouse comic fiction prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Meet the 10 best new novelists for 2024". The Guardian. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Amazon Books announces You Are Here as the 2024 'Best Book of the Year'". About Amazon. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  16. ^ Anderson, Porter (22 November 2024). "Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Shortlist for Comic Fiction". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  17. ^ Mem: 7600064. "'The Ministry of Time' named Dymocks Book of the Year | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 21 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Readers' Favorite Science Fiction!". Goodreads. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  19. ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Readers' Favorite Debut Novel!". Goodreads. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  20. ^ "Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  21. ^ "2025 Audies Finalists". Homepage. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  22. ^ Pengelly, Vanessa (19 March 2025). "2025 Book Awards Shortlist Announcement". ABIA. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  23. ^ "Longlist for Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2025". The Authors' Club Since 1891. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  24. ^ "Newly announced Book of the Year shortlists reflect the 'contours of the year past and months to come'". The Bookseller. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  25. ^ "Explore the shortlist". The Climate Fiction Prize. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  26. ^ "The Prose Prize". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  27. ^ "The winners of the 2025 Libby Book Awards". Libby Life blog. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  28. ^ "The Ministry of Time". Women's Prize. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  29. ^ "2025 Hugo Awards". www.thehugoawards.org. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
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