Maine writer, doctor collaborate to create new medical thriller [Video]

PORTLAND, Maine — Bryan Wiggins, who works at a branding agency in Portland and has written several novels on the side, was in the office one day when a client named Lee Thibodeau came in with an unusual request. Actually, a request that bordered on a demand.

“He said, ‘Bryan, you’ve got to help me write this book,'” Wiggins recalled. “I was going to blow him off. I was thinking of a nice way to do it. But I looked at his notes and found a way to make the story my own, and we were off and running.”

The result is “The Corpse Bloom,” a medical thriller that Wiggins wrote with Thibodeau’s assistance. That assistance was invaluable since Thibodeau is an experienced neurosurgeon who opened doors and brought Wiggins into his professional …