Bonnie Cochrane Hirsch grew up in Idaho. In college she finally learned that not all "literary" poets were dead males and not all poetry rhymed. Her first book, Reading the Weather, was followed by two chapbooks and publications in anthologies and magazines. After simultaneous careers as a librarian, prose writer, dog walker, and mother; and years of going by her middle name (Carolee), she has resumed publishing poetry under her original name. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.