Bill Lynch

Bill Lynch, is an award-winning journalist, author, and columnist. He is the former editor of Sonoma Magazine and The Sonoma Index-Tribune, and a recipient of the James Madison Investigative Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Lincoln Steffens Investigative Journalism Award from the Sonoma County Press Club.

His columns are currently published in The Sonoma Index-Tribune and Sonomanews. The subjects range from current events, prominent local people, and history to travel and fly-fishing. In addition to his regularly published columns, Lynch has also published his first novel, MEKONG BELLE - Love’s Impossible Choice.

In 2015, Lynch co-authored the second edition of “The Sonoma Valley Story,” a detailed history of the birthplace of California wine.

In 2017, he published “My Sonoma – Valley of the Moon,” an insiders look at his hometown and the people who made it a very special place.

A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, Lynch served in Vietnam as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He and his wife, Dottie, live in Sonoma.