Trisha R. Thomas

Lively and delightful, Trisha R. Thomas has been writing since she was a child. Now she has two published novels and her work is being compared to Terry McMillan and Bebe Moore Campbell.

This summer Thomas is on a book tour for her second novel, Roadrunner, published in June. Publishers Weekly describes Thomas as a talented storyteller and Roadrunner as an engaging novel that packs a punch. The story revolves around a major-league baseball player whose career is sidelined because of an injury. When his downward spiral into self-pity slips into prescription drug abuse and violence, the plot, as they say, thickens. The author describes Roadrunner as her best work yet, a book full of thrilling suspense as well as love, lust, and abandonment.

Thomas first novel, Nappily Ever After, published in 2000 and now available in paperback, was hailed as a smashing debut. A novel of love and self-awareness, the book provides insights into politics of beauty, black culture, and male-female relationships. But dont be fooled by the title, says one reviewer, this provocative and captivating book is about more than black womens hair. Nappily Ever After was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work of Fiction and was nominated for the Gold Pen Award for Best Mainstream Fiction and Best New Author, 2001.

Thomas lives in the Northwest and is a fan of the Mariners.