Hi, I’m Dawn — a fantasy and science fiction writer working toward publishing my short stories and novels.
My life revolves around my day job, my kids and my husband. Oh, and the furballs too. I suffer from an addiction to pens, paper, and making up stories, so it only makes sense that I write.
I was born in Queens, NY and grew up in Brooklyn, the second of five children. Thanks to the internet, I met my husband and made my home in the Chicago suburbs. I don’t like the snow and the cold and I dream of retiring early and moving to someplace warmer with a beach nearby. There’s something magical about the roar of crashing waves on the shore, the taste of the sea in the air, and the physical pull of the ocean when you dig your feet in and the waves rush by.
Writing is like breathing. I can’t have a conversation with someone that doesn’t affect my writing in some way, whether it’s the way you speak that I can translate into a character’s style of dialogue, or a fact that you innocently pass to me, and I get to turn into some element of a story. I have other hobbies, though I haven’t recently been able to spare time for them. I love music, mostly 80’s type rock, but I enjoy classical and movie soundtracks that tend toward the instrumental. I played piano in high school and college. I draw, a little. My skill is enough that it helps my writing. If I made more time for it, I could probably do better, but I choose my writing first.
My writing spans the speculative spectrum from science fiction to urban and paranormal fantasy to epic fantasy. I love creating worlds and races and giving them problems to solve.
Why do I write? It’s in my heart and blood. It might have started as a hobby all those years ago, but I took my passion for storytelling and trained my brain to capture stray thoughts and ideas, and weave them into people with hopes and dreams, because who are we without dreams?
Dawn Bonanno 