Brighton Author Pens Medical Thriller; Hopes to Go Viral This Flu Season
Lynne Smelser's novel 'In Our Veins' will be released Nov. 19.
When Brighton resident Lynne Smelser came up with the idea for her first novel, it started out as wanting to write about her grandmother's experiences losing her husband and two sons to a flu epidemic in the late 1930s. But after playing around, researching the flu and epidemics, Smelser came across some press releases where Russian diplomats along with other countries were accusing the United States of using flu vaccines as political tools. "It was an intriguing idea," Smelser said. "From there, I built a much bigger story than I had originally planned. And I didn't think I would get a whole book out of my grandma's situation. So 11 years later, the last four researching and writing, Smelser finally has the finished product. Her novel In …
