Rae Bridgman

Rae Bridgman
Occupation	Author, Illustrator, Anthropologist
Genre	Children's Literature, Scholarly Books

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Rae St. Clair Bridgman is a Canadian anthropologist, and 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 and Fish and Sphinx (Speculative Literature Foundation Honourable Mention 2008). The books feature the adventures of young cousins Wil and Sophie who live in the secret, magical city of MiddleGate, which has been beset by the return of an ancient secret society known as the Serpent's Chain.

Bridgman 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),^[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 a founding member of BridgmanCollaborative Architecture, a Winnipeg architectural firm. Her work spans children's fantasy novels and scholarly books.

Bridgman illustrates her fantasy novels with distinctive pen-and-ink 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

References

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

External links

Official website
BridgmanCollaborative Architecture
Rae St. Clair Bridgman, professor at the University of Manitoba
Rae Bridgman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Rae Bridgeman at Library of Congress Authorities, with 7 catalogue records

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 69100588 LCCN: n98089508 SUDOC: 080657605 BNF: cb13594530k (data)

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