My Novel Was In the News … Sort of

Morning Edition on NPR reported that a magnitude 4.7 earthquake rocked the Los Angeles area on May 17 at 8:39 PM. It was followed by a micro-quake of magnitude 2.5 and an aftershock of 3.1. Fortunately, the quakes caused little damage and no serious injuries.

The announcer on NPR mentioned the oil refinery in El Segundo which also appears in Chapter 2 of CBL. See, I’m practically a celebrity.

If you click on this link to the LA News, you’ll see a map. Most of CBL takes place on that green peninsula.

My enthusiasm for this brush with fame is not shared by most news organizations. The article about the earthquake was not included on the NPR website, and The Daily Breeze, the small local paper I grew up reading, has already archived the story.