Geek Girl Of The Week: Bonnie Burton

Posted by on Thursday, July 7, 2011 · 1 Comment 

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Who: Bonnie Burton

Type of Geek: Jedi-Master Fangirl

Ever since migrating to Lucasfilm in 2003 to become an online content developer, Bonnie Burton’s name has become synonymous with Star Wars and all-things Wookiee. Not only does she run the Kids section of StarWars.com, but she’s also build a lucrative craft career centered around the sci-fi saga and penned two how-to books, You Can Draw Star Wars and The Star Wars Craft Book.

However, there’s a lot more to Burton’s fangirl glory than her work in the Galactic Empire. She also founded one of the first female-centric pop-culture websites, Grrl.com, and wrote about mean girls—long before Tina Fey, mind you—in her essential read Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean To Each Other And How We Can Change.

To read more about other Fangirl Goddesses like Bonnie, pre-order your copy of Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, And Other Misfits Are Taking Over The World.

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One Response to “Geek Girl Of The Week: Bonnie Burton”
  1. SDcomicconFAN says:
    July 28, 2011 at 2:15 am

    Loved your gig at Comic Con…Star Wars Art…the kids came home and made many, many, (yes many) more Yoda’s and young Jedi crafts!

More about Leslie Simon

Leslie is the author of Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World, out now through It Books. She is also the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.