Dorothea Bonneau Email & Phone Number | My grandmother, Opal Higgins Skov, was an ardent writer. Her choice of theme and style led me to believe we are twin-spirits. Even though she died when I was seven years old, she passed her passion for writing on to me. When I was nine, I adapted Little Women into a play which was presented to family and neighbors in our backyard. By the end of the performance, I had made a vow to become an author. I opened myself to experience a life that would inform my writing, which it has, in unexpected ways. As a teenager, I was convinced I would find my stories as a voyeur seated on a bar stool in a seedy part of town. In fact, it is my family and those close to me who have broadened my perspective as a human being and provided grist for my musings. My sons: Greg, Chad, Jason, David, and Chuck, and my step-sons, Matt and Justin have led me down roads I never knew existed. And my husband, Charles, a criminal defense attorney, has shared stories that no one in a bar would dare speak out loud for fear of being overheard. Stories about my ancestors have also impacted my writing, among them, John Fowler, a ten-year-old indentured servant, who lived side-by-in the slave quarters of a South Carolina plantation with the African American slaves who risked their lives to help him escape; Emma Skov, who stepped off a train in Denver, Colorado and died the next day, after her family had sold all they owned to move to a high altitude so Emma might have a chance to recover from tuberculosis; my father, a medic in World War II, who made “the ultimate sacrifice” for the country he loved. I write about well-intentioned, flawed protagonists willing to confront life-altering obstacles and challenge the status quo for the purpose of creating a more inclusive world. A story often comes to me in a flash, fully formed. The book, Seeing with the Mind's Eye, by Nancy and Michael Samuels, elucidates this type of thinking: Mozart spoke of musical scores popping into his head, fully formed. Picasso told of paintings coming to him in an instant. August Kekule described the dream where an image of snakes biting their tails sparked his discovery of the benzene ring. Writers who have influenced my thoughts include Plato and his notions of archetype; Charles Dickens; Louisa May Alcott; Gene Stratton-Porter; the Grimm Brothers; Rabindranath Tagore; William Shakespeare; John Steinbeck and T.S. Eliot. As an author, I force myself to look inside and to be brave enough to be honest. Only when I try to unmask the truth of who I am and who I might be, can I ask the same of my characters.

Dorothea Bonneau

My grandmother, Opal Higgins Skov, was an ardent writer. Her choice of theme and style led me to be...
Davis, California, United States

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Dorothea Bonneau’s Current Industry Libertayo Media Freelance Self Employed Conferences And Educational Settings Davis Arts Center

Dorothea Bonneau’s Prior Industry University Of Phoenix | Sub Rosa Productions | California Teachers Association | Homelife Magazine

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Libertayo Media

WRITER: T.V. MINISERIES:

2018-07-01 00:00:00 - Present

Freelance Self Employed

Author

1994-09-01 00:00:00 - Present

Conferences And Educational Settings

WRITING COACH/FACILITATOR

1983-09-01 00:00:00 - Present

Davis Arts Center

Youth Theatre Director

1983-09-01 00:00:00 - Present

University Of Phoenix

CREATIVE WRITING INSTRUCTOR

2010-08-01 00:00:00 - 2013-06-01 00:00:00

Sub Rosa Productions

Screenwriter

2004-08-01 00:00:00 - 2005-01-01 00:00:00

California Teachers Association

PRODUCER

1998-06-01 00:00:00 - 1998-06-01 00:00:00

Homelife Magazine

Author

1978-04-01 00:00:00 - 1978-01-01 00:00:00

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Dorothea Bonneau is a My grandmother, Opal Higgins Skov, was an ardent writer. Her choice of theme and style led me to believe we are twin-spirits. Even though she died when I was seven years old, she passed her passion for writing on to me. When I was nine, I adapted Little Women into a play which was presented to family and neighbors in our backyard. By the end of the performance, I had made a vow to become an author. I opened myself to experience a life that would inform my writing, which it has, in unexpected ways. As a teenager, I was convinced I would find my stories as a voyeur seated on a bar stool in a seedy part of town. In fact, it is my family and those close to me who have broadened my perspective as a human being and provided grist for my musings. My sons: Greg, Chad, Jason, David, and Chuck, and my step-sons, Matt and Justin have led me down roads I never knew existed. And my husband, Charles, a criminal defense attorney, has shared stories that no one in a bar would dare speak out loud for fear of being overheard. Stories about my ancestors have also impacted my writing, among them, John Fowler, a ten-year-old indentured servant, who lived side-by-in the slave quarters of a South Carolina plantation with the African American slaves who risked their lives to help him escape; Emma Skov, who stepped off a train in Denver, Colorado and died the next day, after her family had sold all they owned to move to a high altitude so Emma might have a chance to recover from tuberculosis; my father, a medic in World War II, who made “the ultimate sacrifice” for the country he loved. I write about well-intentioned, flawed protagonists willing to confront life-altering obstacles and challenge the status quo for the purpose of creating a more inclusive world. A story often comes to me in a flash, fully formed. The book, Seeing with the Mind's Eye, by Nancy and Michael Samuels, elucidates this type of thinking: Mozart spoke of musical scores popping into his head, fully formed. Picasso told of paintings coming to him in an instant. August Kekule described the dream where an image of snakes biting their tails sparked his discovery of the benzene ring. Writers who have influenced my thoughts include Plato and his notions of archetype; Charles Dickens; Louisa May Alcott; Gene Stratton-Porter; the Grimm Brothers; Rabindranath Tagore; William Shakespeare; John Steinbeck and T.S. Eliot. As an author, I force myself to look inside and to be brave enough to be honest. Only when I try to unmask the truth of who I am and who I might be, can I ask the same of my characters.

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University Of Phoenix | Sub Rosa Productions | California Teachers Association | Homelife Magazine

Dorothea Bonneau has the following professional experience:
Libertayo Media | Freelance Self Employed | Conferences And Educational Settings | Davis Arts Center | University Of Phoenix | Sub Rosa Productions | California Teachers Association | Homelife Magazine