Chris Bohjalian, Bohjalian has written several novels, those titles include "Water Witches," "The Law of Similars" and "Past the Bleachers," which became a Hallmark Hall of Fame film. He also contributes to Reader's Digest, Boston Sunday Globe Magazine and the Burlington Free Press, where he's been a columnist since 1992. The novel "Midwives" focuses on the character Sibyl Danforth, who's a midwife that stands trial for manslaughter because of a woman's death during a home birth.