Bonnie Greer

Bonnie Greer

Bonnie smiling to the camera, against a woodland background
Greer in 2017
Born (1948-11-16) 16 November 1948 (age 75)
Chicago, Illinois, US
OccupationPlaywright, author, critic and broadcaster
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Spouse
David Hutchins
(m. 1993)

Bonnie Greer, OBE FRSL (born 16 November 1948) is an American and British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster, who has lived in the UK since 1986. She has appeared as a panellist on television programmes such as Newsnight Review and Question Time and has served on the boards of several leading arts organisations, including the British Museum, the Royal Opera House and the London Film School. She is Vice President of the Shaw Society.[1] She is former Chancellor of Kingston University in Kingston upon Thames, London.[2][3][4] In July 2022 she was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. [5]

  1. ^ "Joining Form". www.shawsociety.org.uk.
  2. ^ Reiz, Matthew (21 March 2013). "Kingston University's new chancellor sets out her aims". Times Higher Education.
  3. ^ Chan, Bart (21 March 2013). "Kingston University Appoints Bonnie Greer As Chancellor". The Voice. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ "US-born writer Bonnie Greer OBE marks new role as Kingston University Chancellor with call for more women to study science". London: Kingston University. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Cave, Coel and Sissay appointed Royal Society of Literature fellows". The Bookseller. Retrieved 13 July 2022.