The group enthusiastically promotes her novels and public appearances and even volunteers to provide drivers for her out-of-town engagements. While the author toured the country speaking to Desk and Derrick clubs about her 2003 novel, THE WIDOWS OF WICHITA COUNTY, the members of various chapters formed a Jodi Thomas Fan Club. Maybe, in a small way, I’m still making the world a better place.” I want to take her away on an adventure that will entertain her. Now I think of a teacher, or nurse, or mother settling back and relaxing with one of my books. This is particularly important in these days when programs in the arts are being cut in the public schools.”Ĭommenting on her contribution to the arts, Thomas said, “When I was teaching classes full time, I thought I was making the world a better place. I’m hoping that students will see that being a writer is a possibility. When I was a child, being a writer wasn’t an option. “They come by to visit and ask questions about being a writer. “My door is usually open to students all morning,” explains Thomas, who talks to the classes at the University and on other campuses during her many speaking engagements when not writing in her spacious office in WTAMU’s Cornette Library. Honored in 2002 as a Distinguished Alumni by Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Thomas enjoys interacting with students on the West Texas A & M University campus, where she currently serves as Writer In Residence.

With a degree in Family Studies, Jodi Thomas is a marriage and family counselor by education, a background that enables her to write about family dynamics.

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To Wed in Texas by Jodi Thomas