Anita Painter Thon is a survivor of the 1959 West Yellowstone earthquake, which claimed her mother's life and critically injured her father. She currently lives in Ogden, Utah, with her husband, Steve, and she is thankful to have two sons and seven grandchildren. Thon cherishes every day and realizes that all blessings come from above.
Her natural disaster memoir, "Shaken in the Night", is her first book.