From a stay-at-home mom to an analyst for a fortune five hundred corporation and back to college for a doctorate to put on the hat of a college professor, Joan West has moved from one career to another. After retiring from teaching, she expanded on the article writing niche she had carved out for herself into writing a novel. As a member of a writers' group, she felt that new authors were receiving short shrift from agents and editors and decided to try her hand as a literary agent. After much research, she joined hands with Lois Bennett to form Bennett and West Literary Agency. The two placed...