Anne Butler Montgomery has worked as a television sportscaster, newspaper
and magazine writer, teacher, amateur baseball umpire, and high school football
referee. Her first TV job came at WRBL-TV in Columbus, Georgia, and led to
positions at WROC-TV in Rochester, New York, KTSP-TV in Phoenix, Arizona,
and ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut, where she anchored the Emmy and ACE
award-winning SportsCenter. She finished her on-camera broadcasting career
with a two-year stint as the studio host for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns.
Montgomery was a freelance and/or staff reporter for six publications, writing
sports, features, movie reviews, and archeological pieces. Her novels
include: The Scent of Rain, Nothing But Echoes, and A Light in the
Desert. Montgomery teaches journalism at South Mountain High School in
Phoenix, is a foster mom to three sons, and is an Arizona Interscholastic
Association football referee and crew chief. When she can, she indulges in her
passions: rock collecting, football officiating, scuba diving, and playing her guitar.