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.