Francis Bennett

Francis Bennett lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Born and raised in Bay Shore, New York, Francis Bennett's book, TREADING CLAMS, transports you back to the heart and soul of small town Long Island in the 1950’s.

(From an interview with The Bookbag.co.uk)

“You’ve said that the location of the stories is fictional but it does seem very real. Is it loosely-based on any particular place? Does it relate back to your childhood?”

“The location of the stories is Bay Shore, L.I., New York, the town where I grew up. The fictional disclaimer at the beginning of the book is there as a matter of form since I fictionalized a very real place. All of the characters are based on actual people who populated my boyhood but I portrayed them with some literary license. I loved them all. I remain grateful to them for all they did for me simply because of who they were.”

To learn more about the author, please visit his website at: www.francisbennettcreative.com