The Author

James Bradley is a novelist and critic. His novels include Wrack, The Deep Field and The Resurrectionist, all of which won or were shortlisted for major Australian and international literary awards, a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus, The Penguin Book of the Ocean, and a YA science fiction novel, The Silent Invasion. As well as writing fiction, James writes and reviews for numerous newspapers and magazines, including The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian and The Washington Post. In 2012 he was awarded the Pascall Prize for Australia’s Critic of the Year. He blogs at cityoftongues.com.