Thomas, Betty Nadine: - Betty Nadine Thomas is the author of Purple Hats and Pink Tutus (2007), Unleashed (2023), Walking Two Worlds (2024) and Dimensions (2024). Born in California where she grew up surfing and still is boogie boarding in her mid-70's. Betty has traveled all over the United States working for the Red Cross being deployed in many emergency disasters. She recently retired from being an Emergency Management Agency Director in charge of emergency disasters in her local area. Betty has lived in three corners of the United States. She has 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 enhanced 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. 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 of race, religion and or sexual orientation.

Currently, Betty has retired from Emergency Management Services, relocated to Portugal and is currently working on writing her tenth book which will be published in the future.