About Barbara Billig: This novel comes after several other books Barbara has written. Currently updated and in print is her first novel, "The Nuclear Catastrophe," which was written before the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It portrays what could happen...and eventually...did when an earthquake occurred damaging a nuclear plant. Set in Southern California this story is told from the viewpoint of the local residents of a small town. They all have choices to make when they are caught in in the terror and confusion after a nuclear explosion - choices that have consequences for the rest of their live...