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.

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.
• 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