About Rae St. Clair Bridgman
Rae St. Clair Bridgman is an award-winning Canadian author and illustrator of children’s books, including several picture books and the mythical MiddleGate Books. University professor, anthropologist, urban planner, mother of six, grandmother to nine … she has a knack for finding the magical and extraordinary in the ordinary, in between the cracks of reality. Favourite things to do in her spare time: learning new words, playing tuba, chasing crayfish, watching ants, gazing at clouds.
Rae is a professor of city planning in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba and is a founding member of the Winnipeg design studio BridgmanCollaborative Architecture. She earned her B.A. (Latin) and Bachelor of Music at the University of Toronto, as well as a Master’s (interdisciplinary studies) and PhD (anthropology) at York University.
