About

Bonnie wrote her first magazine article about Devils Tower, the rock formation where aliens land in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Not a movie set, it’s a national monument in the Black Hills of the Old West, next door to her Wyoming hometown. She grew up with antelope, oil rigs and cattle ranches, but no traffic light in Moorcroft, population 867, and married a man from Tokyo, population eight million.

Fueled by curiosity, Bonnie writes to learn, as well as persuade, inform and entertain. While she may still craft an occasional profile or feature for a magazine, Bonnie mainly focuses on creating marketing results for her clients. "It's very satisfying to help companies grow," she says, "especially when I'm helping environmentally sustainable clients reach their goals."

Bonnie sold computer systems to insurance brokers, prepared financial statements for small businesses and wrote for a San Francisco ad and PR agency before she went into business for herself.

Bonnie has traveled extensively in Japan, and inspired a game played by school children in a mountain village -- "I spotted the gaijin (foreigner) first." She understands enough Japanese to pretend she’s following a conversation and order terrific sushi. Her favorite pastime is getting lost and discovering fascinating people and places by accident.