About George Bradley

George Bradley writes poetry and fiction, and he is also a critic and translator. He has published ten books with: Yale University Press, Knopf, The Waywiser Press (U.K.), Louisiana State University Press, NYRB Press, and HarperCollins.  His work has appeared in numerous periodicals, including The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Paris Review, as well as in anthologies such as The Best American Poetry and The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, The Best Stories of the Year.

Bradley was born in Roslyn, NY in 1953 and was raised on Long Island. He graduated from Yale University in 1975, attended The University of Virginia as the Balch Fellow in 1977 and 1978, and won the Yale Younger Poets Prize in 1985.

In 1979, Bradley moved to New York City, where he worked for several advertising companies and was a member of the New York Fencers Club. He married Spencer Boyd in 1984. The couple has one child, Beatrice Bradley, and the family eventually moved to Connecticut.

Bradley has worked in construction, as a sommelier, an editor, and as a copywriter. At present, he imports and distributes a brand of Italian extra virgin olive oil (La Bontà di Fiesole) produced on a farm in Tuscany.