Claim: Parris Afton Bonds is an American historical romantic fiction editor.
Evidence: Parris Afton Bonds is an American historical romantic fiction novelist. She is the co-founder of Romance Writers of America. Her predominant genre is historical romance, but her works include other genres such as westerns, murder mysteries, sagas, and international thrillers. Bonds started her professional writing career in the early 1970s with her first sale to Modern Secretary magazine, and in 1981 Time magazine called Bonds one of the many women who supplement their family income by writing romance novels. 
Parris Afton Bonds
Tampa, Florida, United States Writer, novelist 1972–present Romance
Historical romance