By Mimi Swartz

Executive editor at Texas Monthly and multiple National Magazine Award winner Mimi Swartz, tells the thrilling story of O.H. “Bud” Frazier as he journeys through Texas, looking for answers. Part investigative journalism, part medical mystery, Ticker is a dazzling story of modern innovation as Bud and his associates obsess over creating an artificial heart.

“A thrilling and affecting account of a modern medical miracle. Ticker is not only an inspiring tale of persistence, imagination, and sacrifice, it’s also a joy to read.” –Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower and God Save Texas