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1992 to 2015 , and a compilation volume of selected columns , Idyll Banter : Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town , was released in 2003 .
In the same year that Bohjalian wrote his first Idyll Banter column , his touching and poignant third novel , Past the Bleachers , was published in 1992 . At the time , Bohjalian was grieving the deaths of his older family members while anticipating the birth of his first child . He channeled his feelings regarding life and mortality into the novel , which also featured a baseball diamond that was inspired by the field that hosted little league baseball games in Lincoln .
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After Bohjalian ’ s daughter , Grace Experience , was born in 1993 , Bohjalian decided to quit his job in advertising to focus on writing fiction and journalism full-time . Although Bohjalian ’ s decision resulted in a brief period of financial instability , his creative efforts were rewarded when Past the Bleachers was made into a film in 1995 . Bohjalian ’ s fourth novel , Water Witches , was also published in 1995 . The novel marked the beginning of a series of Vermont-based stories that incorporated topical themes . It told the story of a water diviner whose livelihood and community were put at risk by the ambitious construction campaign of a nearby ski resort . Bohjalian followed up that environmentally-conscious novel with Midwives in 1997 , which ended up becoming a breakthrough national bestseller that launched his career to new heights . Bohjalian put his journalistic skills to use during the research period for Midwives . He interviewed 65 different midwives , nurses , and new mothers and fathers across the state of Vermont .
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According to Bohjalian , the easy accessibility of public figures and social workers in Vermont greatly aided him in his writing process for several additional novels , including Trans-Sister Radio ( 2000 ), The Buffalo Soldier ( 2002 ), and The Sleepwalker ( 2017 ). “ Vermont is a great place to be a writer ,” notes
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