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Fighting and Writing for Justice By Kevin Gonzalez, Courier-Post Staff Originally published in the Courier-Post, October 1, 1989 The bandage on Andrew Vachss’ right hand, a complicated affair of canvas, grommets and lacing, is a reminder of an injury and…

Andrew Vachss: Beating the Devil By Zak Mucha Originally published in Gallery Magazine, April 2000 In 1988 the New York Law Journal reported on a precedent-setting judicial decision to support a preemptive strike against the imminent danger of an as-yet…

Searching for Clues Andrew Vachss back in Gary for more evil By Mark Taylor, Staff WriterOriginally published in the Post-Tribune, August 31, 1989 Details make it believable, he said. Driving east on U.S. 20 in Gary, New York lawyer and…

Letter to the Editor Silent News, Vol. 13, No. 3, March 1981 Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to call the attention of the deaf community to a trial that took place on Friday, September 12, 1980. The case…

Surrender Baby at Birth, Judge Tells a Woman Mother Has Abused 7 Children, Court Says By James Feron Originally published in The New York Times, July 22, 1988 WHITE PLAINS, July 21 — A pregnant woman has been ordered by…

Court Strips Woman of Parental Rights Mother admits no recent contact with daughter taken at birth By Ellen Lane Originally published in Gannett Westchester Newspapers, December 9, 1989 A Westchester woman whose eighth child was taken from her at birth…

Goodbye Burke, hello Andrew By Ian O’Doherty Originally published by Independent.ie, January 19, 2009 He has been described as “excessively dark and excessively brutal,” but for Andrew Vachss, the best and most under-acknowledged author of the last 20 years, this…

In the Matter of Michael G., a Child under 18 years of Age Alleged to be Abused By Michael G., Respondent Family Court of New York, Westchester County129 Misc.2d 186; 492 N.Y.S.2d 993; LEXIS 2697 (1985)   CORE TERMS: corroboration,…

Andrew Vachss Does Not Paint Pretty Pictures By Aleksandrs RozensReleased by Reuters, November 1, 2000. NEW YORK (Reuters) — His books evoke the grit of a Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler novel, but Andrew Vachss’ prose is not pretty, nor…

Novelist Vachss Uses Fiction to Fight Child Abuse By Aleksandrs RozensOriginally published in Reuters, January 6, 2003 NEW YORK (Reuters) — For crime-fiction author Andrew Vachss, writing is not a priority, but something the lawyer who represents abused children and…