Continuity by Bonnie Clevering – Memoir
Life Beyond the Credits
Date Published: 09-09-2025
Publisher: Punctuate Press
hair for dozens of stars including Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Kristen Stewart,
Al Pacino, and Jennifer Lopez under the direction of icons like Christopher
Nolan, Oliver Stone, and Steven Soderbergh. After uncovering an enormous stash
of production Polaroids and behind-scenes photos she took, Bonnie decided it
was time to tell some lovely stories about her time in Hollywood.
Continuity By Bonnie Clevering: Life Behind the Credits will be released on
Punctuate Press (distributed by APG) on September 9. It will uniquely come in
two formats: a paperback memoir, and a beautiful hardcover coffee table book
with hundreds of photos. While stories about Nancy Sinatra’s old wives
tale helping Bonnie get pregnant, making dinner for the Ocean’s Eleven
cast, and how hair creates character are certainly delightful, Bonnie also
shares deeply about being a woman in Hollywood, the consequences of saying
“no” (and “yes”), single motherhood, and legacy.
I’d been asked for years to write a book. My usual response was, “who would want to read about my life?” As my career was winding down, I realized how fortunate I was to be able to bring my creativity to millions of people on different size screens over nearly five decades in the entertainment business. I wanted to share my approach to the realities of life closely mimicked my craft in the fantasy world of movies and television. It became apparent that I had developed a self-proclaimed philosophy to how myself and many people constantly search for continuity in their lives: finding happiness from sorrow, success from failure amidst the infinite loop of life. Writing the book was also an opportunity to share stories from my experiences as a daughter, wife, and mother, and how those moments in my life helped influence my creativity as I designed hair styles for some of the most beloved movies and actors in Hollywood history. This book has been a great culmination to my life and career, and I am so happy that I am finally able to share everything with the rest of the world in the pages and photos between the book cover.
About the Author
Bonnie Clevering, in a nearly 5-decade career as a Motion Picture Hair
Stylist, has trussed the tresses of hundreds of actors including Hilary Swank,
Bette Davis, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, and Kristen
Stewart. Her impressive resume includes iconic films and TV series like Hello,
Dolly!, RoboCop, Any Given Sunday, Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich, Office
Space, The Twilight Saga, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, totaling over 120
productions. She earned membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences in 2001.
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