After receiving two degrees from the Sorbonne and living in Paris for four years, Bond lived in Luxembourg and New Caledonia for one year while she worked for a division of the United Nations. Back in the United States, she worked in sales and marketing for Honeywell and Xerox. At 29, Bond left her job at Xerox, bought a one-way ticket to Bangkok and spent the next two years traveling by herself throughout Asia and Africa. Her five books have since resulted. She says she has developed a special connection with Medill students as a result of this experience, and she has given career advice to a few of them.
Bond resides in Northern California.
She is married, with two children and a dog.