No. According to Wikipedia, she is alive and well and living in
Los Angeles, CA
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Yes, Mrs. Bennett is an American author. She was born in
Buffalo, New York and raised in Michigan, Detroit where her fist
book was published while she was still in the University of
Michigan in the early eighties.
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The beginning of the book 'Life in the Fat Lane' is set in
Nashville, Tennessee. The end of the book is set in Michigan.