Betty Nadine ThomasBetty Nadine Thomas is the author of Purple Hats and Pink Tutus (2007), Unleashed (2023), Walking Two Worlds (2024), Dimensions (2024), and Peepers Peeping (2025). Born in California, she grew up surfing and still is boogie boarding in her mid-70's. etty has traveled all over the United States working for Red Cross being deployed in many emergency disasters. Recently, she retired from being an Emergency Management Agency Director in charge of emergency disaster in her local area. She worked for VISTA in New Mexico, studied art and business in Arizona and built houses in Washington State.

Her passion for drawing and writing led her to create her first book, Purple Hats and Pink Tutus. That passion continues and has been enhance by her diversified life experiences and travels. These experiences have allowed her to meet and see many people, sometimes at the worst moments of their lives, which allowed her to see and interact with humanity from a unique perspective.

Betty plans on continuing writing and drawing for the rest of her life and is now writing book number ten to be published in 2026. Recently, Betty received Author of the Year Award for 2025 from International Impact Awards in the category of Philosophy for her book Walking Two Worlds. Her primary goal in her work is to teach, open negative narrow minds and open hateful hearts into accepting all people for whom and what they are regardless if race, religion and or sexual orientation.

Currently, Betty has retired from Emergency Management Services, relocated to Portugal to live in the sun and boogie board while writing and drawing. Read More Read Less