Barbara Bentley grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, in a
middle-class, blue collar town. She graduated summa cum laude with
a BS in Marketing and was the Outstanding Undergraduate of the
Business School at Golden Gate University in 1986. Her new degree
allowed her to advance in the Quality Assurance arena and she
recently retired after a thirty-nine year career.
When Bentley decided to write A DANCE WITH THE DEVIL to help
others, she didn't realize the story was not complete and that, with
passion, planning, patience and persistence, she would go on to
change the no-fault divorce law of California. What she did realize
was that she needed to learn how to write. She read books, joined
writing organizations, and attended writing workshops.
middle-class, blue collar town. She graduated summa cum laude with
a BS in Marketing and was the Outstanding Undergraduate of the
Business School at Golden Gate University in 1986. Her new degree
allowed her to advance in the Quality Assurance arena and she
recently retired after a thirty-nine year career.
When Bentley decided to write A DANCE WITH THE DEVIL to help
others, she didn't realize the story was not complete and that, with
passion, planning, patience and persistence, she would go on to
change the no-fault divorce law of California. What she did realize
was that she needed to learn how to write. She read books, joined
writing organizations, and attended writing workshops.
Bentley willingly shares her experience whenever the opportunity arises. She is a motivational
speaker who has spoken to audiences numbering from ten to five hundred for such diverse
organizations as the American Association of University Women, Soroptimists, the International
Women’s Writing Guild, St. Mary’s University, Children’s Advocacy Program and Diablo Valley College
and presented a workshop titled "From Victim to Victor" for an all day women's seminar titled “Dream
It, Do It.”
Bentley’s story generates public interest and was featured on the 2003 Lifetime Television show
FINAL JUSTICE hosted by Erin Brockovich. On June 7, 2009, she was featured on DATELINE NBC
and her hour segment was called "The Years of Living Dangerously."
Bentley believes she is one person who can make a difference. It is only by continuing exposure of
the psychopath’s techniques that the public can protect themselves from becoming another victim.
Bentley could never have imagined her recovery would be so hard won, or that a psychopath would be
so hard to lose.
Bentley lives in Northern California with her husband of twelve years, and their cat Sierra. She and
her husband are award-winning home wine and label makers who love to travel extensively around
the globe.
(www.bentleycellars.com )
speaker who has spoken to audiences numbering from ten to five hundred for such diverse
organizations as the American Association of University Women, Soroptimists, the International
Women’s Writing Guild, St. Mary’s University, Children’s Advocacy Program and Diablo Valley College
and presented a workshop titled "From Victim to Victor" for an all day women's seminar titled “Dream
It, Do It.”
Bentley’s story generates public interest and was featured on the 2003 Lifetime Television show
FINAL JUSTICE hosted by Erin Brockovich. On June 7, 2009, she was featured on DATELINE NBC
and her hour segment was called "The Years of Living Dangerously."
Bentley believes she is one person who can make a difference. It is only by continuing exposure of
the psychopath’s techniques that the public can protect themselves from becoming another victim.
Bentley could never have imagined her recovery would be so hard won, or that a psychopath would be
so hard to lose.
Bentley lives in Northern California with her husband of twelve years, and their cat Sierra. She and
her husband are award-winning home wine and label makers who love to travel extensively around
the globe.
(www.bentleycellars.com )
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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Memoir..True Crime Inspirational ...California Law Published by BERKLEY BOOKS, an imprint of Penguin USA "This book is truly a page turner....a shocking account of deception and betrayal." |
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