“I got a call from a young man asking me to show my face on television without makeup. He hoped that sharing my story would help others understand vitiligo, the disease we have in common. My story is for them. It’s their voice of change and my own.”

LEE THOMAS

Lee Thomas is a playwright, journalist, and four-time Emmy Award-winning television broadcaster. The son of a military officer and a nurse assistant, Thomas got zest for life and love for people from his strong family and their many travels. Currently residing in Detroit, he is an anchor/entertainment reporter and regularly goes to Hollywood to chat with the stars. While dealing with the rich and famous he never thought the toughest story to tell would happen by turning the spotlight on himself, revealing a secret that was in plain sight. Lee Thomas, an African-American broadcaster, is turning white. In 1996 he was diagnosed with the pigment disorder, vitiligo.

    Thomas has a B.A. in Speech Communications from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. As a broadcast journalist he has worked for the national television show “Channel One”; WABC 7 Eyewitness News in New York City; and WJBK Fox 2 News in Detroit. He can be seen daily on Fox 2 Morning in Detroit.

Find Out More:

www.turningwhite.com

Awards for Turning White

2008 Independent Publisher

Book Awards (IPPY’s)

Bronze

(National Health/Medicine/Nutrition)

2008 Eric Hoffer Award

First Runner Up

Best New Writing (Memoir)