Bonnie Burton
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Bonnie J. Burton July 12, 1972 |
| Residence | San Francisco, California U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Occupation | Writer Journalist Comedian |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Home town | Dodge City, Kansas U.S. |
| Website | GRRL |
Bonnie J. Burton (born July 12, 1972) is a San Francisco-based author, journalist, comedian, actress, and show host. She is best known for arts & crafts books like The Star Wars Craft Book, and appearances on web series including Geek DIY on Stan Lee's World of Heroes YouTube channel, Ask Bonnie, Wil Wheaton's TableTop, and Felicia Day's Vaginal Fantasy Book Club. She is the former Senior Editor and Social Media Strategist at StarWars.com for Lucasfilm and was staff writer for Star Wars Insider magazine for 10 years. She works as a freelance writer with a specialty in writing about topics for young child and teen audiences.
Burton was born and raised on a farm in Dodge City, Kansas, to a mom who was a librarian and a father who was a farmer and animal medical salesman.
Influenced by both the rural area and activities of her childhood like Sunday School, 4-H, and kindergarten—and supported by her mom who let her convert her playroom into a craft room—Burton created arts and crafts projects from the time she was young, cultivating a lifelong passion for making things. Burton also started writing as a young girl. At seven years of age, after a poem about the town was published in the local paper, The Western Producer, she began submitting her writing to essay contests, which she often won. During college Burton did a lot of do it yourself self-publishing through an active blog called GRRL, arts & crafts, and things like chapbooks.
In 1995, Burton received a dual degree (B.A./B.S.) in English and Journalism from the University of Colorado Boulder. She also served as Program Director at Boulder's college radio station, KUCB.
While in college Burton worked as a writer and editor at Campus Press, a student newspaper that later became the CU Independent. During her time there, the Campus Press began publishing content online, which was a new method for delivering news at the time. Burton also wrote for the Digit newsletter and did freelance writing for publications like Wired. During and after college in Boulder, she worked as a freelance editor at Apple's fledgling eWorld website.
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