Forgoing a bicycle for a typewriter at the age of thirteen, Bonnie Phillips Gardiner now writes fantasy and science fiction for adult audiences. Inspired to write by 'A Wrinkle in Time' by Madeleine L'Engle, her favorite authors, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, and many science fiction movies and television shows of the late sixties and seventies, she now focuses on mature, adult, epic narratives in the realm of dark fantasy and dystopian worlds, with shorter works touching on horror, time travel and science fantasy.
Bonnie lives on the coast of North Carolina with a collection of computers and far too many video games. She raised three children, her youngest mentally disabled, and now considers herself ‘retired’ so she can focus on her first love, writing.
Forgoing a bicycle for a typewriter at the age of thirteen, Bonnie Phillips Gardiner now writes fantasy and science fiction for adult audiences. Inspired to write by 'A Wrinkle in Time' by Madeleine L'Engle, her favorite authors, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, and many science fiction movies and television shows of the late sixties and seventies, she now focuses on mature, adult, epic narratives in the realm of dark fantasy and dystopian...
Nira is a slave girl grown up in the care of a former general, hiding out from the new regime in a cave, when her entire world is turned upside down and she finds not only freedom, but herself.
Nira has finally escaped slavery and is married to a new man. But how long will this last? In this ever changing and dangerous world, things are never what they seem.
Songs of Steel is my personal soap opera. It's an adult only dark fantasy series with elements of sci-fi. Most of the books follow Nira and those who obsess over her, whether to love her or kill her. All of the books are in my own dark world when humanity is beginning to...
