Tracey L. Thompson

@traceyl.thompson

About

Tracey L. Thompson was born and raised in southern California and now resides in northern Virginia. She is a wife and the mother of five children.

After overcoming domestic violence, divorce, singlemotherhood and low self-esteem, she went on to earn a master’s degree inpsychology with a specialization in marriage & family therapy fromChapman University, and now has written a novel that sheds light on the issue of weightdiscrimination in a fun and fanciful way.

Fatropolis is the alternative history, paranormal romantic adventure of a young fat woman with low self esteem who falls into another world where fat people lead happy, normal, guilt-free lives.

In the last twelve years Tracey has made a living at social work for hospice,working with at-risk youth and their families, training military families aboutaspects of resiliency, and now social work at the community level assisting needy families and thehomeless. Her interests include spending time with her family, spiritual pursuits, playingDungeons & Dragons, reading, writing, knitting, scrapbooking, movies, and music.