Bonnie grew up in a mining town and, to amuse herself, wrote her first novel at age ten. It was about a flight nurse in World War II. Two of her favorite music teachers served as secret agents against Nazi Germany, and their experiences heightened her fascination with intrigue and espionage. She read all of Helen MacInnes’ novels before Robert Ludlum became popular. Through a career that ranged from teacher to advertising representative to editorial director of a major publishing company, she continued writing fiction as a hobby. In 1997, she published her debut novel, “Treason & Triumph,” to rave five star reviews. With book sales matching Ken Follet’s “Jackdaws” at amazon.com, she reprinted her novel with 1stBooks Library.

In 1994, she covered the delivery system of humanitarian relief to the war victims in Rwanda and the resulting mass of disease-ridden refugees swarming the eastern border of then neighboring Zaire. She arrived just after the massacre of 10 UN soldiers and one million Rwandans. What she saw in Africa changed her life.  "Western nations have failed to keep their promise to the world — NEVER AGAIN. The Holocaust in Rwanda shouldn't have happened, but unfortunately this little country in Central Africa has no rich resources the rest of the world wants. But,I saw firsthand the work of our peacekeepers and non-government agencies, and I've never been so proud to be Canadian. Providing food and clothing for helpless victims of war, however, is not enough, not when you see homeless waifs and understand the horrors they have both experienced and witnessed." The plight of children in war is a recurring theme in her novel writing.

Bonnie currently lives in Wilmot Creek, a retirement community on the Canadian shores of Lake Ontario, where she and her husband, Wally, share their home with pets: Rory, a Maine Coon cat, and Yogi, a Toy Pomeranian. Her greatest joys are her family: daughter Trish and her husband Don, their children—grandson Jesse, twin granddaughters Amanda and Megan—and granddaughters Madison and Jenna, and their dad, Mike.