Simon & Schuster paid about $300,000 for the book as a hard cover, and the author will keep that.

Perhaps editors need to bear in mind what authors may think when this sort of thing happens and keep them better informed.

The author keeps two victim help-line numbers next to his phone to give to those who call.

This author from the nation's deep freeze just keeps getting better.

The author has kept his or her identity a secret.

The key to all of the approaches, the authors keep saying, is to arrive at the gates early.

The authors are keeping secret the titles of the final two volumes.

The author, now 81, kept a journal of her eventful 80th year.

This is not at all to say that authors of regional crime novels must keep their distance from world events.

In part, that's because the author has kept its entry price low.