Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

Bio

Some Basic Facts:

I’m represented by Kristopher O’Higgins, who can be reached at ohiggins@scribeagency.com.

My last name might mean “stump leg.” That or “one who resides behind a stump.” These are both somewhat accurate.

People sometimes say funny things about my name:

  • “Best name in genre.”–Mur Lafferty on the EA Metacast
  • “Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam has the Harry Potteringest sounding name I’ve ever heard. This is eerily appropriate, as she happens to make magic happen on paper.” —BestScienceFictionStories.com
  • “This issue’s opening story is “The Damaged” by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (which has to be one of the greatest names ever, right up there with Bouillabaisse Carrotstick).” —A Mad Man With a Blog
  • “The stories open with ‘The Damaged’ from Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (really?!)…” —John’s Reading
  • “Also, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam has a cool name. Sounds like she should be the heroine of her own steampunk novel or something.” —Steve Trower
  • “Closing the fiction is another story by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam — reigning champion in the that-can’t-be-her-real-name contest…”–A Mad Man With a Blog
  • “One of the best last names in existence, really — it’s the kind of name J.K. Rowling might come up with for a sprightly house elf…”–Denton Record-Chronicle

I talk a lot about my cats. I hear that this might be a common writer thing.

I enjoy cover songs, but only the good ones.

I hoard Buffy the Vampire Slayer figurines and classic game consoles.

I spent two years living in Oregon, where it is rainy but beautiful and where I was part of the Wordos. Now I live back in my home state of Texas, where it is death hot but also quite beautiful.

I graduated July of 2013 with an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Southern Maine’s low-residency Stonecoast program.

How do you wear these?

I have a Twitter @BonnieJoStuffle. To join my email newsletter, visit this link.

I’ve placed, been short-listed or long-listed, or given an honorable mention for several awards including the Nebula Award, Selected Shorts/Electric Lit’s 2016 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize, the 2015 James Tiptree Jr. Award, 2015 British Science Fiction Association Awards, the 2016 Texas Observer Short Story Contest, and the Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review’s Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction 2015.

I have an impressive rubber duck collection, though not nearly as impressive as Charlotte Lee’s.