Lynne Russell anchored CNN and CNN Headline News from 1983 to 2001, making her the first woman to solo anchor a daily primetime network newscast. Her long-standing dedication to the people's right to know was recognized in the New York Times, which called her a "just-the-facts stalwart of CNN Headline News." In the Washington Journalism Review, she took a spot as "Best in the Business." A private investigator and former deputy sheriff, Lynne now writes romantic crime novels and divides her time between Atlanta, Georgia and Toronto, Ontario, where she is journalist in residence at Centennial College.