Background
King, Bonnie Bess Worline was born on August 3, 1914 in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Robert Hite and Grace Lavera (Miller) Worline.
King, Bonnie Bess Worline was born on August 3, 1914 in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Robert Hite and Grace Lavera (Miller) Worline.
Bachelor of Arts Chicago, 1935. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Kansas, 1961.
Writer fiction Chicago Daily News, from 1933. Writer catalog copy and correspondence Montgomery Ward and Company, Chicago, from 1935. Continuity editor KCKN, Kansas City, Kansas, 1942-1944.
Public relations and publications director, instructor journalism and advertising Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1945. Director publications and public relations, instructor English Gorham (Maine) State College, 1946-1951. Instructor English, University Kansas, 1951-1961.
Publications assistant Menninger Psychiatric Clinic, Topeka, 1956-1961. Teacher journalism, English and Latin Brawley (California) High School, 1961-1962, director, instructor special education, 1962-1970. Assistant professor humanities Imperial Valley campus San Diego State University, 1963-1984.
Consultant special education Imperial/San Diego Counties, 1962-1984. Emeritus assistant professor humanities San Diego State University, from 1984. Teacher creative writing Calipatria State Prison, from 1997.
Speaker in field.
Initiator, Association Retarded Citizens, Imperial County, 1964, Woman Haven, Imperial County, 1965, Special Olympics, Imperial County, 1967. Member California State Teachers Association (past president).
Married Irvill King, 1937 (deceased March 1987). Children: Courtner, April, Waveland.