Amy Bennett Williams has been writing about the people and places of Southwest Florida for well over a decade. Her commentaries often extol the beauty found in the commonplace objects and places – and are delivered with a touch of tenderness. Amy Bennett Williams started at the News-Press in 1988 as an obituary-writing clerk/reporter. She left to edit Gulfshore Life Magazine for five years, was named Florida Magazine Association’s Editor of the Year in 1997 and returned to the News-Press in 1998. She lives in Buckingham with her husband, Roger, and two sons, D.P and Nash.