Aurora Bonner is a place-based writer of creative nonfiction and fiction. Her writing has appeared in the anthologies Rivers, Ridges, and Valleys and DINE, as well as in Cleaver Magazine, HerStry, Impost, Hippocampus Magazine, and other literary journals. She teaches writing at the college level and offers workshops and retreats for writers at all stages. She holds an MFA from Wilkes University.