Laura Bentz was born in Rochester, New York, but moved to Florida when she was ten. She has worked in the education field as a teacher and substitute teacher for twenty years.
Bentz began studying at Southeastern University in 1974 and received a secondary education / history degree with a minor in English. She wrote and published stories while a member of Nassau County Poets and Writers and was a member of the Brandon Christian Writers for four years before spending a year in Germany. While in Europe, Bentz wrote twenty-four stories about her travels, posting her adventures on social media.
Married for thirty-five years to husband, Bob, Bentz is a mother of two grown children and a grandmother of five. She is presently caring for her mother and mother-in-law in Winter Garden a suburb of Orlando, Florida.