Valley at Risk: Shelter in Place

Through the eyes of an investigative reporter, 'Valley at Risk: Shelter in Place' gives us a chilling and deeply personal look into the lives of people living in the shadow of an enormous amount of toxic chemicals. Harshbarger describes the human errors that led to a horrifying fatal chemical plant explosion, one that nearly became an American Bhopal. We see ordinary citizens successfully standing up to a huge chemical corporation. But even in victory, the people of the valley continue to breathe air laced with toxic chemicals. Harshbarger s novel opens windows into the chemical industry s dark past, and its living presence what we face today. Richard Members, Author, 'Falling Off the Wind'

Dwight Harshbarger is a native West Virginian. He is the author of two previous novels, 'In the Heart of the Hills: A Novel in Stories,' 2005, and the award-winning 'Witness at Hawks Nest,' 2009. Dwight holds a Ph.D. in psychology. He has served as a professor of psychology and professor of public health at West Virginia Uni-versity, and as executive director of the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Center for Behavioral Studies. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Dwight has served as a senior executive in two corporations and has done extensive organizational consulting in the USA and Asia. He is currently an adjunct professor of public health at West Virginia University.