Bonnie Stevens, Ph.D.
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Adjunct Professor of English
Lynchburg College
Hopwood - 3rd Floor
Stevens.B@lynchburg.edu
Degrees/Certifications
- Ph.D. in English, Boston College, 1977
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A.B. in English, Kenyon College, 1973
Experience
In graduate school, I studied to become a specialist in nineteenth-century English poetry. Life, however, took my career in some unexpected directions. After teaching for one year at William Paterson College in New Jersey and for five years at the College of Wooster in Ohio, I taught, usually part-time, at a number of colleges and universities in Illinois, Maryland, South Dakota, and (eventually) Ohio again. For four years, I taught at a private high school in Cleveland; for seven years, I worked as a grant-proposal writer -- an experience that gave me some appreciation of what it means to write for a living. Along the way, I developed an interest in writing mysteries and have published more than thirty mystery stories, most of them in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. My husband, Dennis, and I moved to Lynchburg two years ago, and we're finding it a charming place to build our empty nest. We have two wonderful daughters, Sarah (Silver Spring) and Rachel (Cleveland); a delightful son-in-law, Josh; three perfect grandchildren, Moty (5), Zahavah (3), and Ilana (born July 1, 2010); and a feisty but affectionate cat named Ari.
Books
- Teach Them Diligently: A Midrash on the Jewish Educator's Year, Behrman House, 2005
- Guide to Literary Criticism and Research, co-authored with Larry Stewart; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1986; second edition, Holt/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991; third edition, Harcourt, 1995
- Discovery: An Inductive Approach to College Writing, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982
Most Recent Short Stories
- "True Test," Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2010
- "Interpretation of Murder," Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 2010
Most Recent Article
- "Advice from a Master: Anthony Trollope on the Art of Popular Fiction," The Writer, June 2009
Courses at Lynchburg College
- Composition I and II
- Literature and Culture I
- Literary Criticism
Memberships/Professional Associations and Affiliations
- Phi Beta Kappa
- National Council of Teachers of English
- James River Writers
- Mystery Writers of America
- Sisters in Crime
