News

• Finalist for the 2011 Ohioana Book Award
• Nominated for the 2010 ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel

Rights for The Things That Keep Us Here have been sold to the following countries so far:

• New! Spain (Rossell Books)
• Turkey (Artemis Yayinlari)
• UK (The Orion Publishing Group)
• Germany (Wunderlich Publishing, an imprint of Rowohlt)

Some recent reviews of The Things That Keep Us Here include the Dallas Morning News, Books & Chat and Material Witness.

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Want to know more about pandemic flu?

There are numerous books on the subject. In particular, I recommend:

• The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, by John M. Barry
• Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic, by Gina Kolata
• America's Forgotten Pandemic, by Alfred W. Crosby

Several websites actively track particularly worrisome flu strains:

• World Health Organization
• PandemicFlu

Almost every locale has a preparedness plan in place. Consult your own local government to learn how your area is preparing itself in case of a pandemic, and what steps they recommend citizens take. For instance:

• Ohio
• London