Ohio author, Mindy McGinnis, will discuss her novel "A Madness So Discreet" and the treatment of brain injuries and mental illness in the 1890s.

Author Mindy McGinnis shares the research behind her Edgar Award-Winning Gothic historical thriller, "A Madness So Discreet." McGinnis will discuss how doctors treated brain injuries in the 1890s and the different aspects of care for the mentally ill (for better or for worse) including the infamous psychosurgery known as a lobotomy. McGinnis will also delve into a brief history of the Athens [Ohio] Lunatic Asylum, the setting for the novel.