Anne Butler

A graduate of Sweet Briar College in Virginia with an MA
in English from Humboldt State in California, Anne Butler
has worked as a journalist, writer and editor on both
coasts. She is the author of ten books, the most recent of
which are significant non-fiction ones on crime and criminal
justice in Louisiana, Angola and Dying To Tell, books in
which she exhibits not only superb writing skills but also a
deep, abiding compassion and human interest. She certainly
never expected to be more than an objective observer for her
crime books, but when she became a victim, she turned
tragedy into a writer's golden opportunity, somehow still
retaining a sense of compassion for the perpetrator of a
violent and senseless crime committed against her own self.
She lives with her son in rural south Louisiana, where she
writes and operates a Bed & Breakfast on her family
plantation.