Canadian writer Betty Dobson
believes that there are no absolute blacks and whites in this world. She's
always on the lookout for various shades of grey-–and any other colours
of the rainbow lingering around the horizon. Life has its quirks; whenever
she can explore them, question them, and write about them, she will. Give
her a mystery, and she's like a pit bull as she explores passageways and
labyrinths in her search for resolution. Detours are to be explored, and
getting there (and writing about it) is half the fun.
Betty has always been caught up with words. As a child, she
started reading before she could read--listening intently as parents and older
siblings read to her at bedtime. She evolved into a true reader, inevitably
described as the always-with-her-nose-in-a-book person. With each new story, she
dreamed of trading places with the author and sharing her own ideas with other
readers.
With equal parts patience and determination, Betty realized her dream in her
late thirties. A first-place win in an essay contest started her off on a string
of writing successes that have only grown more frequent in the past few years.
Her published works include numerous short stories, poetry, essays, and feature
articles. She's won awards for all but the latter, but plans to overcome that
deficiency.
