Collected Works presents two New Mexico authors for a reading and discussion of their first books. Jessica Sarabia's novel The Choice follows E, whose rare degenerative disease promises she will never live a normal life.  Despite her limitations,E attends college and pursues her dream of becoming a doctor.  Everything changes, however, on the day she discovers that her cells can cure cancer and prolong life itself.  In short, she is the key to longevity.  E must choose between a life of happiness, and committing herself to a research facility, where she could make invaluable contributions to science. Jessica Sarabia was born and raised in New Mexico, where she currently resides.  She has been writing fiction and nonfiction for 10 years, and her work has appeared in the University of New Mexico's literary journal.     Barbara Ruther's novel Saving Snowflakes in My Pocket: Love's Survival Through Years of Deception follows the complicated love triange between Michael, his wife Sarah, and his brother Jonathan.  When Michael discovers he is the reason that Sarah is unable to conceive, he asks Jonathan, in secret, to donate his sperm for Sarah's in vitro fertilization procedure.  Throughout Sarah's pregnancy, Jonathan finds himself drawn to her, and struggles with the secret he has been sworn to keep. Barbara Ruther was a corporate speaker and writer for Trans World Airlines.  Born in New Mexico, she returned to Santa Fe after years of living in New York and Chicago.