Susan Calder`s `practice novel` revived years later as thriller with troubled protagonist
(WorldNews Entertainment)

In 1971, author Susan Calder sank into a deep depression. It had a severe impact on her life. She was 19 years old and would eventually drop out of Concordia University and spend six months in a psychiatric ward. She recovered. But the experience continued to haunt her. “I did snap out of it and got a job and really went on to a normal life,” says Calder, in an interview from her home in Calgary. “My life got back on track. But it was a very profound experience and rather devastating. I think there was a part of me that wanted to understand why it happened.” Twenty years later, she again felt vulnerable and feared she would be overwhelmed. She was “on a...