Bonnie Turner

Bonnie Turner was born on Halloween in Independence, Missouri, at the height of the Great Depression, and currently resides in Wisconsin. She is a grandmother and great-grandmother. Her interests are many and varied, and include astronomy, geography, yoga and metaphysics. She is a jack-of-all-trades, a Mensa *almost*, a classical music & jazz aficionado. Her favorite musician is Jazz guitarist/composer Al Di Meola--she considers herself his #1 fan.

Turner's favorite authors include: Mark Twain, James A. Michener, poets Robert Service and Edgar A. Guest. Some favorite books: Giants in the Earth (O.E. Rolvaag), Steamboat Gothic (Frances Parkinson Keyes), Chesapeake (Michener), the epic poem, The Odyssey of Homer, and Harvest Home (Thomas Tryon). Favorite genres: historical fiction, young-adult fiction, literary, humor, Americana, mainstream, commercial--almost anything except violent, gory tales.