Aurora Bonner is a creative writer, essayist, and teacher of writing whose work is rooted in place, landscape, and the careful attention that shapes lived experience. Her essays and creative nonfiction explore how noticing—of environment, memory, and the rhythms of everyday life—informs both storytelling and the craft of writing.

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Her published essays and articles appear in journals including Cleaver Magazine, HerStry, Impost, and Hippocampus Magazine, as well as the anthologies Rivers, Ridges, and Valleys: Essays on Rural Pennsylvania, shortlisted for the WCoNA Book of the Year, and DINE. She also writes book reviews for Colorado Review and Hippocampus Magazine.

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Aurora holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University and teaches creative writing and narrative craft at McDaniel College. Alongside her teaching, she works with writers through creative writing workshops, writing groups, and developmental consultations, supporting fiction, nonfiction, and other long-form creative projects.

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Through her Substack, Root Down to Write Up, she writes about writing practice, storytelling, and the creative process, exploring embodiment, craft, and the art of noticing while hosting writing workshops, creative challenges, and literary community events.

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