Prolific, eclectic Alaskan Author, Bonnye Matthews, is best known for her Winds of Change novel series on the peopling of the Americas before the last ice age glaciation, followed by the series on Archaeological Sites in the Americas before the end of the last ice age glaciation. Included also is her booklet where she explains her western hemisphere population origin paradigm.  Matthews began to write after five years of intense research.  Her study on peopling the Americas remains ongoing, providing ample inspiration for stories she plans to resume.  Since publication of her first novel in 2012, she’s written ten books, each an award winner which she still finds shocking.

Due out in the summer of 2022 is Arctic Dinosaurs of Alaska, a novel inspired by her learning that dinosaurs not only lived in Alaska but at the farthest north part. They walked in snow! Clearly, the dinosaurs didn’t have to sit on rocks to warm up so as to become lively, since a few months in winter the Arctic annually is without sunshine at all. Her why button got stuck, and another book was born, this time middle-grade fiction nested in multidisciplinary non-fiction text. Her work in process is a spiritual memoir (apologia with a positive bent) entitled Sanctuary: In His Pocket. The Dino book has been the most fun; Sanctuary, the most difficult.

She has written one and edited another health-related book, hoping to reduce the risk some people face from chemical exposure, especially long-term, low-level exposures. Those books are technically out of date, and there are no plans to update them.

Matthews’ passion for her subjects is evident in her writing books, creating DVDs and coloring books, and she also enjoys writing, the proofreading and editing processes, and most of the marketing. Her preference is the face-to-face opportunities to share her books.  Through it all, you can see the spark of joy that lives within her.

For more in-depth biographical information, please see the “Author” item in the menu at the top of the page.