Laura ValentiAs an Ozark freelance writer, Laura L. Valenti has written hundreds of newspaper and magazine features over the years. She is also a ten year veteran of the Laclede County Sheriff's Department where she also served as their jail administrator for mor than three years. She is the author of non-fiction books such as Ozark Meth: A Journey of Destruction and Deliverance and several novels, including a series on Bennett Spring, The Heart of the Spring, a jewel of the Ozarks. She lives with her husband, Warren near Bennett Spring, Missouri. Read More Read Less