About

Bonnie Stiernberg is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally hailing from Chicago, she graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 2009 with a BA in News-Editorial Journalism and wrote about music for The Deli Chicago and Chicago INNERVIEW Magazine before accepting an internship at Paste Magazine and moving to Atlanta in 2010. Eventually, she worked her way up at the publication, serving as Music Editor for nearly seven years and TV Editor for five.

She has penned cover stories on Father John Misty, Wilco, Carrie Brownstein, The Flaming Lips and Mad Men's John Slattery and Vincent Kartheiser, compiled an oral history of The Wonder Years, written "Best of What's Next" profiles on The Civil Wars and Alabama Shakes long before they broke out and interviewed legends like Mavis Staples, Elvis Costello, The Band's Robbie Robertson and the Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten. When she's not working, she enjoys being tortured by her beloved Chicago Cubs.