Neal Shusterman shares All Better Now

What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Better Now.

Imagine a virus that people would want to catch; a virus that gives you happiness, contentment. But would being happy make you lose the things that make you 'human'? 

We're joined by award-winning author Neal Shusterman to explore his contemporary YA novel, All Better Now, about a very different kind of pandemic, to put some of the questions raised in the novel to him.

Read a chapter from All Better Now    Find out more in our Q&A with Neal Shusterman

More about All Better Now:  A deadly and unprecedented virus is spreading. But those who survive it experience long-term effects no one has ever seen before: utter contentment. Soon after infection, people find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone.

More and more people begin to revel in the mass unburdening. But not everyone. People in power - who depend on malcontents and prey on the insecure to sell their products - know this new state of being is bad for business....