Bonnie Smith Whitehouse

About the Author

Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, PhD, is a writer and professor who studies storytelling, creativity, contemplation, and wonder. She is the author of Nautilus Award winner Afoot and Lighthearted: A Journal for Mindful Walking, Seasons of Wonder: Making the Ordinary Sacred Through Projects, Prayers, Reflections, and Rituals, and Kickstart Creativity: 50 Prompted Cards to Spark Inspiration. A lifelong Episcopalian, she has spent more than twenty years as a lay leader of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Chapel at Vanderbilt University. Bonnie is a professor of English and the director of the honors program at Belmont University, and she lives in Nashville with her family.