United States
Paula Bryant Bonilla is a professional writer whose work has been published in a variety of arenas, including daily newspapers, children's and young adult books, literary criticism journals, and college textbooks. She has also written under the names Paula Bryant and Paula Pratt. In addition, she is an experienced editor of college textbooks and digital assets, and some of her developmental editing projects and editorial content writing are shown here. She is also an award-winning, published fiction writer currently at work on her second novel about two dancers confronting persecution in the run-up to World War II.
Chapter from award-winning unpublished novel, Angels on Horseback. Mimi Cross is emboldened when she jumps feet first into a cakewalk dance competition in Gilded Age Philadelphia.
Excerpt from this engaging how-to for first-year college students
As a contributor, Paula Bonilla wrote "Context and Response" features, thematic excerpts illustrating trends in U.S. social and literary history.
An engaging approach to enjoying and interpreting any novel a student encounters in college courses.
Paula Bonilla selected and wrote new material as developmental editor for this 20/e revision.
"It's knowing that the book I'm reading today will be heard by thousands of people and that I've had a hand in their education."
"Anne Hedenkamp loves to tell the story of the shoeless boy."
"Eva Mae McCaw, matron of honor. "Maw Maw" Starnes, a wonderful grandmother. Thora Lee Fay, beloved of many. Lhin Cleavinger, who stays positive."
"Belt it out at Chuck E Cheese's. Murmur it in private. Hold hands or sing."
"Their only common ground is the urgency of their situation."
Young adult biography, written as Paula Bryant Pratt.
Current Latino residents ... may eventually be forced to either fight or yield to a more nebulous foe—progress."
Young adult biography, written as Paula Bryant Pratt.
Young adult history, written as Paula Bryant Pratt.
Young adult science, written as Paula Bryant Pratt.
Young adult biography, written as Paula Bryant Pratt. Selected for the 1995 Books for the Teen Age annual list reviewed by New York Public Library staff.
“Even with the emphasis on cooperation, reversing the social machinery of belligerence and mistrust cannot be achieved in a weekend or two.... But it is a start.”
In search of a home where he will feel comfortable, Tinker the snowshoe hare shares the dwellings of various animals before he finds the perfect place.
"Jim Axton, the protagonist of Don DeLillo's The Names (1982), is an expatriate adrift in the world of words..."
"Because the characters are generic, their lives outside the room a blank canvas, we are free to paint in ... our own longings."