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Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer
Bonnie Jo Campbell is an American novelist and short story writer. Her most recent work is The Waters, published with W. W. Norton and Company. In 2009, her manuscript "Love Letters to Sons of Bitches" won the Center for Book Arts' Poetry Chapbook Competition.
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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.
These figures put everyday life in Bonnie Jo Campbell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1962 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Population | 186.5M | 341 million |
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