TJ Bennett is a former Romance Writers of America (RWA) Golden Heart finalist whose first novel, The Legacy, a historical romance set in Early Reformation Germany that explores the destructive nature of secrets, is an April 2008 release. Her follow-on novel, The Promise, will be a 2009 release. TJ has placed in a number of writing contests, including the Daphne du Maurier, the Lone Star, the Lauries, the Heart to Heart, the Emerald City Opener, and many others.

TJ has led writing workshops and spoken on the literary "black moment." She is the former editor for the Los Angeles Romance Authors' (LARA) award-winning newsletter, The LARA Confidential, as well as contributing several articles. TJ is also a member of LARA and two Houston chapters of RWA.

Her varied background includes extensive travel in her youth as a military dependent in Europe; being president of her own consulting and training business for several years, where she used the Myers Briggs Type Indicator personality profiler to help CEOs and managers develop successful work teams; and working thirteen years as a civilian contract negotiator for the US Air Force, buying multi-million dollar satellite and weapons systems. Armed with a BA and an MA in English, she began teaching college writing in 2002.

TJ knows a lot about the black moments of life, and uses that knowledge to enhance her writing. She believes that nothing is ever lost, and no painful experience is in vain: it's all research.

Web Site: www.tjbennett.com

The Legacy	The Promise
Book 1	Book 2