Nina Bennett

Nina Bennett is a healthcare professional with a subspecialty in bereavement issues and secondary traumatic stress. Her chapbook, Sound Effects, was published in 2013 by Broadkill Press as part of their Key Poetry Series. Nina's poem "Deja Vu" took third place in the Out & About magazine poetry contest, and her poem "They Do" was nominated for 2012 Best of the Net. "Searching for Grandma's Childhood Home" won the 2014 Northern Liberties Review Poetry Prize. "Do Over" is a finalist for the 2019 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize.

Her articles and poetry have appeared in numerous print and online journals and anthologies. Nina is a contributing author to the Open to Hope Foundation.

The House of Yearning, a poetry chapbook published by Kelsay Books, is available through their website, as well as Amazon.

Nina's chapbook, Mix Tape, was published by Flutter Press in 2018. Nina has copies available, and the chap is also available on Amazon.

Five Bridges won 2cnd place in the creative writing/poetry book category in the 2014 Delaware Press Association Communications contest.

Proceeds from Nina's book, Forgotten Tears, are donated to agencies dedicated to supporting bereaved families.

Reader comments:

An amazing resource for bereaved grandparents, but also for anyone touched by the death of a child….the bibliography in itself is worth a zillion!

Kara Jones, Editor, A Different Kind of Parenting

Thank you so much for writing this lovely book. It is like you have a window into my soul.

Toni, bereaved grandmother

A great addition to the library of grief books

Betty Ewart, Editor, A Journey Together

national newsletter of Bereaved Parents USA