Rae Bridgman

Rae St. Clair Bridgman, a Canadian anthropologist, author and artist, writes and illustrates picture books for young children and is the author/illustrator of The MiddleGate Books, a series of fantasy books for children inspired by the Narcisse Snake Pits of Narcisse, Manitoba -- The Serpent’s Spell (McNally Robinson Book for Young People finalist 2006), Amber Ambrosia, Fish and Sphinx (Speculative Literature Foundation Honourable Mention 2008) and Kingdom of Trolls (Moonbeam Children's Books Award 2011). The books feature the adventures of young cousins Wil and Sophie who live in the secret, magical city of MiddleGate, beset by the return of an ancient secret society known as the Serpent's Chain.

Rae Bridgman
OccupationAuthor, Illustrator, Anthropologist
GenreChildren's Literature, Scholarly Books
Anthropology
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Bridgman is also the author of Angel - Homeless in Toronto (2016), Jimmy Tattoo - Homeless on the Streets of Toronto (2016), StreetCities: Rehousing the Homeless (Broadview Press, 2006) and Safe Haven: The Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women (University of Toronto Press, 2003),[1] co-author of Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness (Berghahn Books, 1999)[2] and co-editor of ''Feminist Fields: Ethnographic Insights (Broadview Press, 1999).[3]

Background

Rae Bridgman was born in Toronto, and now lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 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, and is co-director of BridgmanCollaborative Architecture, a Winnipeg architectural firm. Her work spans children's picture books, fantasy novels and scholarly books. She also plays the tuba in Classy Brass, an amateur women's brass quintet.

Bridgman illustrates her fantasy novels with distinctive pen-and-ink and pan pastel drawings. Her books are also unique for their word-play and use of Latin as a magical language.

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.
  • I Helped Build That: A Demonstration Employment Training Program for Homeless Youth in Toronto, Canada. American Anthropologist. Academic. 2001
  • Safe Haven: The Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women. University of Toronto Press. Academic. 2003
  • StreetCities: Rehousing the Homeless. Broadview Press. Academic. 2006

Fiction:

  • 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, 2008
  • Kingdom of Trolls. The fourth of the MiddleGate Books, Sybertooth, 2011
  • Angel - Homeless in Toronto. 2016
  • Jimmy Tattoo - Homeless on the Streets of Toronto. 2016

References
  1. "Rae Bridgman, Safe Haven: the Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women.(Book Review)". Labour/Le Travail. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  2. "Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness". Anthropological Quarterly. 1 April 2001. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  3. "Feminist Fields: Ethnographic Insights.(Review)". The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology. 1 February 2001. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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