Dorothy Thomas

Dorothy Thomas (August 13, 1898 – September 28, 1990) was an American author and diarist, best known for her short stories. Personal life Dorothy Thomas was born in Barnes, Kansas, the sixth of nine children born to Willard and Augusta Thomas. In 1905, The Thomases moved to Alberta, Canada and settled in a log cabin on Battle Lake, but after Willard's death in 1909, the rural existence became too taxing for Augusta. She moved the family back to Kansas in 1912, but they departed shortly afterwards to establish a more permanent home in Bethany, Nebraska. In her writing, Thomas frequently referenced her personal life. While at a writing retreat in Yaddo, Thomas fell in love with a writer, Leonard Ehrlich. However, Thomas later wrote that the end of the relationship "pulled a ligament in my personality." After her relationship with Ehrlich, Thomas lived in Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, New York City, Vernon, New Jersey and the US Virgin Islands. On Valentine's Day in 1959, Thomas was married to John Buickerood in Vernon, New Jersey. The couple never had children. Thomas died of a stroke shortly after her husband died in 1990. Her body had also been weakened by Myasthenia Gravis for a long period of time prior to her stroke.