Gillian Marucha Bradshaw (born May 14, 1956) is an American writer of

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historical fantasy Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic (fantasy), magic) into a more "realistic" narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fantasy; those c ...

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

, and contemporary science-based novels, who lives in Britain. Her serious historical novels are often set in classical antiquity —

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, the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...

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and the

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom () was a Ancient Greece, Greek state of the Hellenistic period located in Central Asia, Central-South Asia. The kingdom was founded by the Seleucid Empire, Seleucid satrap Diodotus I, Diodotus I Soter in about 256 BC, ...

, Imperial Rome,

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and

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. She has also written two novels set in the

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Biography

Gillian Bradshaw was born in Falls Church,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

, and spent part of her youth in

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. She attended the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

, where she won the Phillips Prize for Classical Greek in 1975 and 1977, as well as the Hopwood Prize for fiction for her first novel, ''Hawk of May''. She went on to advanced study at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she studied Classical philology. ''Hawk of May'' was published while she was preparing for

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exams. Bradshaw decided to stay in

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for another year to write another novel and think about what to do for a career. However, while there, she discovered she could live on her income as a novelist, and she has been writing novels ever since. She also met her husband, who was completing his doctorate in

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

. Bradshaw and her husband, British

Mathematical physics Mathematical physics is the development of mathematics, mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the de ...

professor (and 2012 Ig Nobel Prize winner) Robin Ball, have four children. She says of herself, "I am an enthusiast for

classical antiquity Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural History of Europe, European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the inter ...

, and love roaming about

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ruins on holiday. The rest of the family has a huge exposure to hypocausts and

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s. They have sometimes protested ('Not another Roman ruin!') but mostly they've quite enjoyed it."Gillian Bradshaw
/ref> Bradshaw's physicist husband provided one aspect of her portrayal of

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in her novel ''The Sand-Reckoner''. But as she states in the afterword, her portrayal is based on the ancient sources on Archimedes and not on any living person such as the theoretical physicists she knows. Bradshaw has been a judge in the

Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based not-for-profit learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, physics research, research and applied physics, application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide ...

Paperclip Physics competition, and her contemporary and historical novels with a scientific background show a deep interest in human responses to scientific discoveries.

Works

1980–1990

Bradshaw's first published novels were the Arthurian

trilogy, '' Down the Long Wind''. These three young adult books — '' Hawk of May'', '' Kingdom of Summer'', and '' In Winter's Shadow'' — were released between 1980 and 1982. Set in

, the trilogy's main character is Gwalchmai (Gawain), who must choose between supporting his evil mother Morgawse or his maternal uncle

King Arthur According to legends, King Arthur (; ; ; ) was a king of Great Britain, Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Wales, Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a le ...

. The title ''Down the Long Wind'' is taken from

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of ...

's '' Idylls of the King'': :"And fainter onward, like wild birds that change :Their season in the night and wail their way :From cloud to cloud, down the long wind the dream :Shrilled; but in going mingled :with dim cries." Bradshaw next began writing adult

. Her 1986 novel, ''The Beacon at Alexandria'', features Charis of

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, a female doctor cross-dressing as a

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in 4th century

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, in

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. ''The Bearkeeper's Daughter'' tells the story of Theodora, empress consort of

Byzantine Emperor The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which Fall of Constantinople, fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised s ...

Justinian I Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...

. Theodora was born into the lowest class of Byzantine society, and was the daughter of Acacius, a bearkeeper for the circus. ''Imperial Purple'' (UK title: ''The Colour of Power''), released in 1988, features Demetrias of Tyre, a woman who was born into slavery but who is becoming a skilled weaver. The plot focuses on her discovery of a plot to depose

Theodosius II Theodosius II ( ; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450), called "the Calligraphy, Calligrapher", was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed ''Augustus (title), Augustus'' as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the ...

and remove from power his sister Pulcheria. In 1990 Bradshaw wrote ''Horses of Heaven'', about a marriage alliance between the

Kingdom of Ferghana and the

. The marriage of King Mauakes and Princess Heliokleia occurs around 140 BC, and brings many changes at court.

1991–2000

Bradshaw next turned to writing three

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— starting with two linked tales involving

, ''The Dragon and the Thief'' in 1991 and ''The Land of Gold'' in 1992. The latter features a

Nubia Nubia (, Nobiin language, Nobiin: , ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the confluence of the Blue Nile, Blue and White Nile, White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), and the Cataracts of the Nile, first cataract ...

n princess who survives her parents' murder, and attempts to regain her throne with the assistance of the dragon

Hathor Hathor (, , , Meroitic language, Meroitic: ') was a major ancient Egyptian deities, goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky god Horus and the sun god R ...

. These two books were followed by ''Beyond the North Wind'' (1993). The novel features a young magician assigned by

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to protect a tribe of

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s from a hostile queen. The title is again a reference to an earlier work, in this that of case

Aristeas Aristeas () was a semi-legendary Greek poet and Iatromantis, miracle-worker, a native of Proconnesus in Asia Minor, active ca. 7th century BC. The Suda claims that, whenever he wished, Astral Projection, his soul could leave his body and return ...

of Proconnesus, a 7th-century BC Greek, who reported that the griffins lived in

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, near the cave of Boreas, the North Wind. ''The Dragon and the Thief'', ''The Land of Gold'', and ''Beyond the North Wind'' all began as stories for the pleasure of her own children. Bradshaw then continued her works of serious adult historical fiction with ''Island of Ghosts'' in 1998. The novel tells the story of Ariantes, one of 8,000

Sarmatians The Sarmatians (; ; Latin: ) were a large confederation of Ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Iranian Eurasian nomads, equestrian nomadic peoples who dominated the Pontic–Caspian steppe, Pontic steppe from about the 5th century BCE to the 4t ...

in military service to

Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors ...

. In 2000 she wrote her first

novel, ''The Wrong Reflection'', about an

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c who finds his given identity of "Paul Anderson" to be a fabrication. This was followed by historical novel ''The Sand-Reckoner'', a telling of the story of

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, from his studies at the

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to his involvement in the

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(218 – 202 BC).

2001–present

In 2001, Bradshaw published her second science fiction novel, ''Dangerous Notes''. It features Valeria Thornham, a young classical guitarist and composer whose brain was implanted with cloned stem cells in childhood after an accident. She is considered a potential psychotic and is arrested and detained at a mental research facility, where she is threatened with the prospect of undergoing surgery to remove the part of her brain that is responsible for her extraordinary musical talent. Bradshaw's 2001 historical novel ''The Wolf Hunt'' was based on Marie de France's Breton lai '' Bisclavret'', and features Marie Penthive of Chalendrey, a Norman kidnapped and taken to the

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. Marie then becomes involved in the life of the late 11th-century Duchy's court and its plots. Her next historical novel, ''Cleopatra's Heir'' (2002) tells the tale of Caesarion, son of

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...

and Cleopatra VII of Egypt, who managed to escape execution at the order of his adoptive brother

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. The young man is then forced in a life of poverty in his new environment, the

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. In 2002 Bradshaw also wrote a short story set in

, ''The Justice of Isis'', taking place in

in 58 BCE, during the reign of Ptolemy XII. It was published in ''The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunits.'' This short story was also published in Czech as ''Esetina spravedlnost'' in 2004. This was followed by another historical novel, ''Render Unto Caesar'' (2003), featuring Hermogenes, a Roman citizen of Greek origin, meeting

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in the city of

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when he tries to collect a debt, and his body guard, "Cantabra", a former gladiatrix, originally from

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. In 2003, Bradshaw also wrote a short story set in the last decades of Imperial Rome, ''The Malice of the Anicii''. Written in the style of a scholarly edition of Ammianus Marcellinus's ''History of Rome'', the story was published in ''The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunits.'' Bradshaw returned to science fiction with ''The Somers Treatment'' (2003). The novel features neurosurgeon David Somers advancing his own unique treatment of specific language impairment. However, his research receives its funding from MI5, for reasons that remain secret to the public. Her 2004 historical novel ''The Alchemy of Fire'' takes place in

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under Constantine IV. Anna, former concubine to a prince of the Heraclian Dynasty, attempts to raise her daughter Theodosia on her own while protecting the secret of the girl's noble birth. Meanwhile, alchemist Kallinikos of

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works in creating Greek fire. ''The Elixir of Youth'' (2006) was Bradshaw's next novel, looking at the complex relationship between a philosopher daughter and her molecular biologist father, who walked out of the family when she was a child, and whose serum to repair the effects of aging on the skin has gone missing. Like her earlier novel ''Dangerous Notes'' (2001), the use of stem cells in research is a theme. ''Bloodwood'' was published in 2007. This novel is set in contemporary Britain, and focuses on Antonia Lanchester, a terminally ill employee of a home-furnishing company, who hands over incriminating files about

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and corruption from her employer's computer to an environmental campaign group. Her next novel, ''Dark North'' (2007), was a return to

for Bradshaw. Set in 208 CE, it looks at the troubled reign of Emperor

Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus (; ; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through cursus honorum, the ...

— and his attempt to conquer

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— through the eyes of Memnon (an African cavalry scout) and members of Empress Julia Domna's household. ''The Sun's Bride'' (2008) is set in

, in

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in the year 246 BCE. Shipping, piracy and the politics of the eastern

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are the well-researched backdrop to the story of two people caught up in the end of the reign of Antiochus II Theos and the beginning of the Third Syrian War, and how these change their lives. ''London in Chains'' (2009) is her first historical novel of a planned two set in the

. Like many of her novels, it focuses on one woman's struggle for independence in a male dominated world. Starting in 1647, it is set around a Lucy Wentor, a young woman establishing herself in the politically sensitive publishing trade in London. ''A Corruptible Crown'' (2011) follows Lucy's career in publishing: printing news-books and avoiding censors.

Impact and critical reception

Bradshaw has a vast knowledge of classical culture — of life in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds — and she puts that to use in her historical fiction. These critically acclaimed historical novels have led some to consider her Rosemary Sutcliff's literary heir. Bradshaw's novels with a scientific basis are similarly highly credible. Gillian Bradshaw's novels have been published in English in Britain and the U.S., and have been translated into: Czech (her name also being sometimes translated, as ''Gillian Bradshawová''); Danish; French; German; and Spanish. In all six of her major published languages, Bradshaw's writing has earned critical acclaim. In Czech, she has also had two short stories published. ''The Justice of Isis'' was published as ''Esetina spravedlnost'' in 2004, and ''The Malice of the Anicii'' was published as ''Zlovolnost Anicijských'' in 2008.

Bibliography

* '' Hawk of May'' (1980) (fantasy with historical elements) * '' Kingdom of Summer'' (1981) (fantasy with historical elements) * '' In Winter's Shadow'' (1982) (fantasy with historical elements) * ''Down the Long Wind'' (1984) (omnibus edition of the above trilogy) * ''The Beacon at Alexandria'' (1986) (historical fiction)
Review
by

Jo Walton Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel '' Among Others'', which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and '' Tooth and Claw'', a Victorian-era novel w ...

) * ''The Bearkeeper's Daughter'' (1987) (historical fiction) * ''Imperial Purple'' (1988) (UK title ''The Colour of Power'') (historical fiction) * ''Horses of Heaven'' (1990) (historical fiction with fantasy elements) * ''The Dragon and the Thief'' (1991) (children's historical fiction with fantasy elements) * ''The Land of Gold'' (1992) (children's historical fiction with fantasy elements) * ''Beyond the North Wind'' (1993) (children's historical fiction with fantasy elements) * ''Island of Ghosts'' (1998) (historical fiction) * ''The Wrong Reflection'' (2000) (science fiction) * ''The Sand-Reckoner'' (2000) (historical fiction) * ''Dangerous Notes'' (2001) (science fiction) * ''The Wolf Hunt'' (2001) (historical fiction with fantasy elements) * ''Cleopatra's Heir'' (2002) (historical fiction) * "The Justice of Isis" (2002) (historical fiction short story) * ''Render Unto Caesar'' (2003) (historical fiction) * ''The Somers Treatment'' (2003) (contemporary fiction with strong scientific elements) * "The Malice of the Anicii" (2003) (historical fiction short story) * ''The Alchemy of Fire'' (2004) (historical fiction) * ''The Elixir of Youth'' (2006) (contemporary fiction with strong scientific elements) * ''Bloodwood'' (2007) (contemporary fiction with strong scientific elements) * ''Dark North'' (2007) (historical fiction) * ''The Sun's Bride'' (2008) (historical fiction) * ''London in Chains'' (2009) (historical fiction) * ''A Corruptible Crown'' (2011) (historical fiction) * ''The Dragon, The Thief and The Princess'' (2013) (children's fantasy with historical elements) * ''Alien in the Garden'' (2014) (children's contemporary science fiction) * ''Aliens on Holiday'' (2016) (children's contemporary science fiction) Note: ''Shock Monday'', a book sometimes cited as being by this writer, was written by an Australian author of the same name.

Footnotes

External links

Interview with Gillian Bradshaw about ''The Sand-Reckoner''
* ttp://www.severnhouse.com/author/Gillian+Bradshaw/9368 Severn House Publishers (UK) webpage on the Gillian Bradshaw books they publish
Tor and Forge Books (U.S.A.)
publisher's webpage on the Gillian Bradshaw books they publish

* ;Translations
Bibliography of major Czech-language works as Gillian BradshawováBibliography of Danish-language worksBibliography (on Amazon.fr) of French-language worksBibliography of German-language worksBibliography of Spanish-language works
Disambiguation *''The Dragon and the Thief'' by Gillian Bradshaw is not to be confused with '' Dragon and Thief'' by Timothy Zahn. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradshaw, Gillian 20th-century American novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity American historical novelists American children's writers American fantasy writers American science fiction writers Writers of modern Arthurian fiction Novelists from Virginia University of Michigan alumni Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge People from Falls Church, Virginia 1956 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American women short story writers American women children's writers American women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American women historical novelists 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers