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Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer

Born
September 14, 1962
Age in 2026
64
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1962

About Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bonnie Jo Campbell (born September 14, 1962) is an American novelist and short story writer. Her most recent work is The Waters, published with W. W. Norton and Company. == Life and work == Campbell was born and raised in Comstock Township, Michigan. She graduated from Comstock High School in 1980 and received a BA in philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1984. From Western Michigan University, she received an MA in mathematics in 1995 and an MFA in creative writing in 1998. She has traveled with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and has organized adventure bicycle tours in Eastern Europe and Russia. Campbell teaches fiction at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, in the low-residency MFA program. Campbell lives outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband, Christopher Magson. Her stories and essays have appeared in Ontario Review, Story, The Kenyon Review, Witness, The Alaska Quarterly Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Mid-American Review, and Utne Reader.

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Career and life highlights

The world when Bonnie Jo Campbell was born

Bonnie Jo Campbell was born in 1962. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1962

  • #1 song"I Can't Stop Loving You" – Ray Charles
  • Top movieLawrence of Arabia
  • Top TV showThe Beverly Hillbillies
  • Best-selling bookA Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single NBA game
  • Top headlineCuban Missile Crisis — world comes closest to nuclear war
  • Technology milestoneJohn Glenn orbits the Earth
  • Defining fadJames Bond mania (Dr. No released)
  • Notable inventionLED (light-emitting diode)
  • World population3.14 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJohn F. Kennedy
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population186.5M

1962 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bonnie Jo Campbell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19622026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$12,800$435,000
Average income$7,900$67,500
Minimum wage$1.15$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.70$11.95
Postage stamp$0.04$0.73
Population186.5M341 million

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