About Bunkie

Bunkie Lynn was born in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in the American South. She desperately wanted to be a cowgirl, but she talked too much, so she turned to journalism instead, and edited her high school newspaper. Her antics and editorials routinely landed her in the principal's office, but her comedy column about the life of a high school senior, entitled "Lime Jello," received a Texas student journalism award. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, with a BS in Radio-Television-Film, Bunkie's first foray toward fame was working with Jim Varney and Carden & Cherry Advertising in Nashville, TN, on the "KnoWhutIMean, Vern?" campaigns.

A Big Girl with Attitude, Bunkie's successes in advertising, public relations, international business management, and public speaking eventually led her to fiction writing. Her first book was a scathingly funny novel called A Comedy of Heirs (2002 LadyBug Publishing), in which Bunkie's dry wit and love of satire are showcased in such episodes as the Sweet Jesus Sweet Potato, where a religious sighting on the side of a tuber turns a small town into a frenzy of fanatics, pilgrims, and desperate reporters.

Bunkie's latest sarcastically outrageous offering, The Big Girls' Guide to Life, (2004 LadyBug Publishing) details her experiences as a plus-sized woman in today's body-obsessed society, where "the ideal woman is portrayed as a cross between a pretzel stick and a silicone breast implant!" Selected as a finalist in ForeWord Magazine's 2004 Book of the Year Awards, reviewers have called The Big Girls' Guide "a must-read for every woman with weight loss, relationship and hormonal issues!" (Um, that would be every female on the planet?) Bunkie is a sought-after speaker at women's events, including Hewlett-Packard's International Women's Day festivities in March 2005. Check out Bunkie's speaking topics at WomensCalendar Speaker Spot.

Besides plotting her next saga of satirical Southern depravity, A Dark Cajun Roux Ruse, Bunkie is hard a work trying to find a home for her fictional collaboration with author J. J. Ferrer—a rollicking tale entitled Moodswing Manifesto.

Bunkie resides in Tennessee with her patient (thank goodness) husband, her adorable (of course) son, and two completely undisciplined yellow Labs. She still wants to be a cowgirl.