Anita Coffee ThomasAnita Coffee Thomas grew up in northeast Florida and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from Florida State University. She married her childhood sweetheart but was widowed at age 27. She briefly remarried and then subsequently spent twentyyears in Atlanta at her dream job in advertising. After growing tired of Atlanta traffic and the lack of an ocean, she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina in 2000. There she started her second dream job at the local daily newspaper, the Star-News. Following her retirement in 2014, she completed her first novel. Read More Read Less