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Betsy Bonner

Biography

Betsy Bonner

Betsy Bonner is the author of the true crime memoir THE BOOK OF ATLANTIS BLACK and the poetry collection ROUND LAKE. She is a former Director of the 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center, where she now teaches creative writing. She is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and the T. S. Eliot House. She grew up in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and lives in southwestern Vermont.

Betsy Bonner

Books by Betsy Bonner

The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing
by Betsy Bonner - Memoir, Nonfiction, True Crime

A young woman is found dead on the floor of a Tijuana hotel room. An ID in a nearby purse reads “Atlantis Black.” The police report states that the body does not seem to match the identification, yet the body is quickly cremated and the case is considered closed. So begins Betsy Bonner’s search for her sister, Atlantis, and the unraveling of the mysterious final months before Atlantis’ disappearance, alleged overdose and death. With access to her sister’s email and social media accounts, she attempts to decipher and construct a narrative. Through a history only she and Atlantis shared, Bonner finds questions that lead only to more questions and possible clues that seem to point in no particular direction.