Excerpted and adapted from Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley. Copyright © 2024 by James Bradley. Reprinted by permission of HarperOne (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers), Scribe UK, and Penguin Random House Australia.On a gloomy winter afternoon, I step off the back of a boat moored near the outer edge of…
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James Bradley
James Bradley is an award-winning writer and critic. His books include the novels Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist, Clade and Ghost Species; a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus, and a work of nonfiction, Deep Water: The World in the Ocean. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
Braden Maxwell
Braden Maxwell is an award-winning illustrator and internationally known educator. He completed his BA in Idaho and his MFA in Illustration from SCAD. Braden specializes in editorial, publishing, and advertising. On top of freelance work, Braden has worked as an educator focusing primarily on drawing fundamentals, painting, and digital techniques. Braden has shown his work in multiple juried shows in galleries across the United States, gaining acclaim from Illustration publications such as 3x3 magazine.
