Bonnie K.T. Dillabough was a science fiction and fantasy novelist, mentor to aspiring writers, and longtime friend to the Writing King community. She published her first novel, The House on Infinity Loop, two weeks before her 64th birthday, and went on to write the Dimensional Alliance series, eventually planned at fifteen books. She died at her home in Richland, Washington, on April 5, 2025.
The Dimensional Alliance is science fiction that reads like fantasy: dragons and dwarves alongside dimensional travel, alien species, and a shapeshifting cat named Tidbit. The first book opens with a young woman named Jenny inheriting a strange house on Infinity Loop from an aunt she barely knew, and unfolds into a multi-universe story that runs through Infinity on Fire, Mirrors of Infinity, Ripples of Infinity, and beyond. The series gives readers worlds spanning more than one universe, with characters whose alliances and motives are not always what they seem.
Before turning to novels, Dillabough spent fifteen years in broadcast television, served in the U.S. military, raised six children, and built up the kind of practical know-how that informed everything she later did in publishing. Her break came after she interviewed author Mercedes Lackey and admitted she had always wanted to write a novel. Lackey's response, in her words, was: "So put your butt in the chair and write." She started that night.
Beyond her own books, Dillabough was a mentor to a long roster of new authors. She was a Writers Workshop speaker, NaNoWriMo group leader, and online Writers Group mentor for the Salinas Public Library, and a volunteer producer at Thurston Community Media. She helped Richard Lowe edit and produce the Author Talk video series at thewritingking.com. The Salinas Public Library held a memorial event for her in April 2025. Her warmth, her unfussy mentorship, and her late-bloomer story continue to inspire writers who started later than they thought they should have.
