Tanya Benoit, who currently resides in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada is a laboratory analyst for a major mining company, but has been putting pen to paper her entire life. Her enthusiasm for all things historical, prompts her to create characters with many layers and place them in the past. Her family is originally from the small town of Lawn on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, but her ancestors hail from Ireland. The Stormy Encounters Series has truly become a labour of love...a means of exploration into her family's history.