Elizabeth Anne Bonner

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Elizabeth Anne Bonner (pen name, Michael Bonner; February 19, 1924 – October 27, 1981) was an American author of Western fiction and poetry.

Biography[edit]

Elizabeth Anne Bonner was born on February 19, 1924, in Dallas, Texas. Her parents were Thomas and Annabelle (Newman) Bonner.[1]

She graduated from the University of Texas in 1944, having also been a student at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.[2]

She published four books of Western fiction under the name Michael Bonner: Kennedy's Gold (1960), The Iron Noose (1961), Shadow of the Hawkin (1963) and The Disturbing Death of Jenkin Delaney (1966). She later published a book of poetry, Renaissance.[1] A Sacramento, California, resident from 1953 to 1981, she worked for several years as director of Episcopal Community Services at St. Paul's Center.[1]

Bonner lived in Garland, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas, before 1946, when she married Raymond Kerns Glasscock (d. 1964) and they moved to California.[2] They had two children, Meg and David. Bonner died on October 27, 1981.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Elizabeth Bonner Glascock". Newspapers.com. The Sacramento Bee. 29 October 1981. p. 23. Retrieved 25 June 2020. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b "Elizabeth Glascock ... author and poet". Newspapers.com. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 6 November 1981. p. 55. Retrieved 26 June 2020. Open access icon

Sources[edit]

  • "Anne Bonner Glasscock." Contemporary Authors Vols. 1-4. First Revision. Eds. James M. Ethridge and Barbara Kopala. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1967. p. 373