Bonnie E. Carlson

Bonnie E. Carlson was a professor of social work for more than three decades, first at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and then at Arizona State University. While a professor, she performed research on and taught students about family violence—first partner abuse and later physical and sexual child abuse. In the last decade of her academic career she shifted her interest to drug and alcohol problems in women, who, it turns out, often experience intimate abuse as children and adults. She has published extensively on these topics in social science journals, and these themes often appear in her fiction. She has published short fiction in magazines such as Across the Margin, The Normal School, Down in the Dirt, Foliate Oak, Fewer Than 500, Piker Press, and The Broadkill Review. There are links to several stories on her website, www.bonniecarlsonauthor.com. Her debut novel, Radical Acceptance, is out from Adelaide Press. Carlson is interested in health, especially in older women, and has a blog, "Vibrant Aging" that covers topics such as active gratitude, meditation, and the importance of stretching. She loves living in the Sonoran desert in Scottsdale, AZ with her husband, her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Juniper, and too many cats.