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Come visit me this St. Patrick's Day March 17th from 4-6pm at Conquest Books 2824 Holt St. in Ashland, Kentucky!

Tune in to Studio 3 on WSAZ-TV to watch Bookmark Monday. Susan Nicholas and I talk about authors and popular books at libraries and bookstores each month.

I'm a little behind, but here is the most recent broadcast that highlights a new and exciting independent boo...

 People have been asking me where they can find my books, so I am happy to oblige. Here is a short list of places that stock them 

* Tamarack Marketplace - https://www.tamarackwv.com/

* Booktenders -  https://www.booktendersw...

I can't think of a greater honor.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

After two years of Covid gloom and doom and cancellations, it was sheer JOY to celebrate ☘️ St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ yesterday with this Facebook Live Event, sponsored by the Garrett County Arts Council. Special thanks to Kathy, Rachel, and Sam for all their support of the arts! If you missed the live presentation, you can watch the recorded event now �...

My column about my safe book launch is featured on Publishers Weekly this week! https://bit.ly/3pmhyX0

Brave Sir Grace battles the big blizzard! This cool illustration by Kjersten L. Niskanen is one of my very favorites from our picture book. I'm just a little prejudice, but if you need a special stocking stuffer this Christmas, Sir Grace and the Big Blizzard w...

I actually put on make-up, ironed my clothes, fixed my hair (sort of), and wore a surgical mask up until my five minute TV interview on Studio 3. Quite a switch from my go-to-the-grocery-store wrinkled shorts and T-shirts, sandals, pony tail, grape chapstick, sunglasses, and folded bandana with a coffee filter inside. Still, seeing my weary self on TV ...

Carl Hamlin from the West Huntington Branch Library in Huntington, West Virginia, asked if he could use a couple of my poems for an upcoming project. I agreed, and here are the creative results! Click on the link below and take a look! 

Social distance book launch Saturday

Lee Ward | The Daily Independent Aug 12, 2020 Updated Aug 12, 2020

HUNTINGTON Author Laura Bentley’s ...

Happy, happy, joy, joy! Today’s the day!!! My first picture book, illustrated by the amazing Kjersten L. Niskanen, is now available for purchase! Here’s what award-winning picture book author and poet Anna Smucker had to say about Sir Grace and ...

The cover reveal for my first picture book is tomorrow July 7, 2020.

It's called SIR GRACE AND THE BIG BLIZZARD, and it was illustrated by the amazing Kjersten Niskanen! Stay tuned!!!

Cancellation

To read or not to read, that is the question. After a lot of soul searching, I've decided to cancel my St. Patrick's Day reading at Taylor Books this Tuesday because of the coronavirus. Only a pandemic could keep me away!!! In t...

Flashback to 2013

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

The Silver Tattoo: an Interview with Laura Treacy Bentley by Zoe Ferraris

Between 2000 and 2004, I belonged to a writer's group, the Rogues, that had a dramatically positive influence on my writing. So it delights me to announce that this year, three of the writers from this group have books coming out. I am so proud of my fellow writers, knowing the work that has gone i...

I was thrilled to be the Garrett County Arts Council's "Artist of the Month" in the March edition of The Lakefront Magazine! 

I've been meaning to post this interview on my blog for months. So, here it is. Cat Pleska, noted writer, is interviewing me at the Culture Center in Charleston, West Virginia, for her first episode of  "WV Author" with Cat as the new host: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8yilGg23R-4

On September 16, 2017, I'll be signing with Nora Roberts at her Turn The Page Bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland.