On Tuesday I spent the day with doctors, nurses and health care administrators from all around the state of Indiana. These health care providers had come to Indianapolis to attend a leadership conference put on by the Indiana State Department of Health. The first ISDH leadership conference was in 2007. Seven hundred and twenty people came. This year, over 1,000 people participated. Preventing health care acquired infections was the focus of...

Last night, the National MS Society chose Sorrel’s book Josie’s Story as the winner in the “First Book” category of their Books for a Better Life Award. Many thanks to the New York City – Southern New York Chapter of the National MS Society for this honor. The recognition came on a particularly poignant day, as yesterday was the ninth anniversary of Josie’s death. Thanks again to the National MS Society, and...

Hello everybody-Josie’s Story has been chosen as one of the top health books in 2009 by the Wall Street Journal’s Laura Landro!Her description of Josie’s Story plus the other books honored can be found online: http://tinyurl.com/yfu6xgu.We’ll be reading some of Laura’s other interesting choices.Thanks for the acknowledgement!-Andrea

Hello everybody-On Tuesday, October 27, Sorrel is visiting her home town of Richmond, VA, for a book event:St. Stephen’s Parish Hall6000 Grove Avenue6:30 pm – 8:00 pmSorrel will discuss her book Josie’s Story, and the medical errors that led to her daughter Josie’s death.If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to awesol@josieking.org.Thanks!-Andrea

Last week I had a book signing at the local Ivy Bookshop in my hometown of Baltimore. The Ivy- wedged between a Blockbuster and a men’s clothing store just a mile from my house- has been a part of my book journey from the very beginning.I had fallen into a good routine with the writing- after dropping the children off at school I would sit down in front of my laptop and start to write. It took about four hours of writing before the...