Laura L. Valenti has been blessed to be a Bennett Spring resident and a freelance writer for over 35 years. She has written more than 500 newspaper and magazine features, including several on the history of the state park. She is the author of two non-fiction books and six previous novels. She and her husband, Warren who has worked for the Missouri Department of Conservation for 40 years, are the parents of four grown children and five grandsons, all of whom still love to visit Bennett Spring. "The Heart of the Spring", like her other novels is available at her website www.Betweenthestarandthecross.com, Amazon.com and the Bennett Spring Park Store.
