Born and raised in Los Angeles, Bonnie Hardy is an educator, curriculum writer, musician, and preacher. A lover of libraries and literacy, Bonnie directed the Pilgrim Literacy Center in Carlsbad, CA. before moving to the desert in 2017.

As a retired military spouse, she's lived and worked in Washington DC, No. Virginia, Maryland, San Diego, and Twentynine Palms. Bonnie has published in Christian Century, Presence: An International Journal for Spiritual Direction, and with Pilgrim Press.

Since 2020 she's penned two series of cozy mystery books.

Love. Laughter. Whodunit? best describes The Lily Rock Mystery series and Redondo and Rose Neighbors in Crime.

When not planting flowers and baking cookies, she can be found at her computer plotting her next cozy mystery. You can follow Bonnie at bonniehardywrites.com