Debut Novel Weaves Human and Canine Tragedy Into a Story the Madison Author was ‘given to tell’

Andrea Thalasinos admits she’s a little bit nuts.The sociology professor, a Greek from New York with a history of driving dog sleds along Madison-area trails, says on her website that in order to be a writer, one must be only partially on her rocker.Whatever imbalance she suffers, it’s working for her. Her first novel, “An Echo Through the Snow,” comes out on Tuesday from Forge Books, and her second novel has been picked up by Macmillan to be published next year.Read more here: http://host.madison.com/wsj/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/books/debut-novel-weaves-human-and-canine-tragedy-into-a-story/article_4f671d04-e807-11e1-875c-0019bb2963f4.html