Bonnie Macbird

Bonnie Macbird is an American bestselling author of historical fiction, mystery and thriller novels. The San Francisco native has a bachelor’s in music and a master’s in film from Stanford University. She has had a long career in the film industry where she worked for four years at Universal as a feature film development executive. Macbird is also known as the writer of the screenplay for “TRON,” the critically acclaimed movie. She also has numerous theatre credits as director and actor, produced numerous musicals and plays, and won three Emmy Awards for producing and writing. Her debut in fiction writing came in the form of “Art in the Blood,” a novel that was written in her now popular Arthur Conan Doyle Style. The novel that was published in 2015 featured her rendition of Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. John Watson. It was published to critical acclaim and become a commercial success that it was printed in more than 17 languages across the world. The novel was but the first of the “Sherlock Holmes Adventures Series” as Bonnie went on to publish the sequel “Unquiet Spirits” in 2017 and “The Devil’s Due” in 2019. In addition to her authorship and work in film and playmaking, she is also an accomplished watercolorist. Macbird is a professor at UCLA Extension, where she teaches a screenwriting class and helps students develop creativity in specific screenwriting techniques. She is also a regular speaker on Sherlock Holmes, writing and creativity. She currently spends her time between London and Los Angeles and is married to Alan Kay a computer scientist.