About the author
Cathy Benedetto is a writer, artist and avid reader. Her love of science fiction and fantasy helped inspire her trilogy about the mystical race of warriors known as Shala. Her favorite authors, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Jordon and Orson Scott Card, have spun stories that shifted Cathy's imagination into high gear.
A retired high school Vice-Principal, Cathy was also a successful athlete who was a five time softball All-American, and AAU basketball All-American. She was a member of the U.S. Women's basketball team that played in the World University Games in Czechoslovakia and the Pan American Games in Canada. While coaching, her girls' basketball teams won two Washington State Championships. Cathy has been published in 'Women In Sports' and in the Bellevue Journal American.
Originally from the Northwest, Cathy moved to Kentucky in 2003. The former coach enjoys supporting the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team, often writes at her cabin near Lake Cumberland, and loves fishing on her pontoon boat. A special joy is playing with Liz, Lily, Kendall and David.