Draft:Kaliane Bradley

Kaliane Mong Huxham Bradley (born 1988) is an English writer and editor. She is known for her debut novel The Ministry of Time (2024).

Early life
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.

Bradley attended a private secondary school. She graduated from University College London (UCL) with a degree in English literature.

Career
In 2012, Bradley joined Granta magazine as an editorial assistant. 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.

Bradley won the 2022 Harper's Bazaar Short Story Competition for "Golden Years" and the VS Pritchett Short Story Prize for "Doggerland", the latter awarded by the Royal Society of Literature.

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. Her debut novel The Ministry of Time, a time travel romance based around Franklin's lost expedition, was published in May 2024. Bradley became inspired watching the AMC series The Terror during lockdown. Ahead of the novel's release, the BBC commissioned an adaptation penned by Alice Birch, as announced in February.

Personal life
Bradley lives in East London with her partner Sam, an academic. The couple intend to wed in summer 2024.

Novels

 * The Ministry of Time (2024)

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