Author

Bonnie Blaylock

The author of historical and book club fiction, Bonnie has written three award-winning novels, translated into several languages, and is currently at work on new historical fiction.

Historical Novel Society First Chapter Competition Badge

coming March 2027 – Lake union publishing 

The Lookout

The story of the nation’s first female fire lookout, told through the eyes of her sister and only companion. Pitched as a Gilded Age Wild.

Honorable Mention, 20th Century category – Historical Novel Society First Chapter Competition

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Meet the Author

Bonnie Blaylock

So glad you stopped by! I wander a lot, through books, life, and the world, picking up treasures as I go.  Some of those I can’t help but share.

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My father had a sneeze that would wake the dead. You could hear it from a quarter mile away on a clear day, and if you happened to be indoors in the same room--say, church or a crowded restaurant--people jumped, waiters startled,...

When Are You Going to Publish Your Book?

When Are You Going to Publish Your Book?

8 months. It's 8 months until my debut novel is published and officially launched into the world. Less time than it takes to grow a baby but no less arduous. I should qualify what sort of baby. It takes a baby elephant almost two years to gestate, and this process has...

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