Lorraine Martin Bennett is a print, web, and broadcast journalist from Murphy, North Carolina, USA, who graduated with her high school journalism medal and received a scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she completed her degree in journalism. Her print reporting career includes the Atlanta Journal, Los Angeles Times, and, in retirement, the Clay County Progress, where she covers the Town Council, researches special projects, and copy edits. At KABC Television in Los Angeles and CNN in Atlanta, she worked as assignment editor, news writer, copy editor, producer, and editorial manager before ending her career at CNN International, where she was senior copy editor of a morning show airing in Hong Kong. In retirement, she writes poetry, essays, short stories, and flash fiction. Her two novels, Cat on a Black Moon and the sequel, Darla, both published by Austin Macauley Publishers, are available on Amazon, Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and other websites. This is her third novel.