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Andrew Henry Vachss (born 1942) is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths. He is also a founder and national advisory board member of Protect: The National Association to Protect Children.
Vachss' last name rhymes with "tax". He is a native New Yorker.
Before becoming a lawyer, Vachss held many front-line positions in child protection. He was a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, and a New York City social-services caseworker. He worked in Biafra, entering the war zone just before the fall of the country. There he worked to find a land route to bring donated food and medical supplies across the border after the seaports were blocked and Red Cross airlifts banned by the Nigerian government; however, all attempts ultimately failed, resulting in rampant starvation. After he returned and recovered from his injuries, including malaria and malnutrition, Vachss studied community organizing in 1970 under Saul Alinsky. He worked as a labor organizer and ran a self-help center for urban migrants in Chicago. He then managed a re-entry program for ex-convicts in Massachusetts, and finally directed a maximum-security prison for violent juvenile offenders.
As an attorney, Vachss represents only children and adolescents. In addition to his private practice, he serves as a law guardian in New York state. In every child abuse or neglect case, state law requires the appointment of a law guardian, a lawyer who represents the child's interests during the legal proceedings.
Andrew Vachss is the author of 25 novels and two collections of short stories, as well as poetry, plays, song lyrics, and graphic novels. As a novelist, he is perhaps best known for his Burke series of hardboiled mysteries; Another Life constituted the finale to the series.
Since completing the Burke series, Vachss has focused on stand-alone works. His 2009 novel, Haiku, focuses on the troubled lives of a band of homeless men in New York City. In 2010, Vachss published two books: his novel The Weight, is a noir romance involving a professional thief and a young widow in hiding. Heart Transplant, an illustrated novel in an experimental design, tells the story of an abused and bullied young boy who finds his inner strength with the help of an unexpected mentor. That's How I Roll, released in March 2012, chronicles the death-row narrative of a hired killer as he reveals the secrets of his past, both horrifying and tender. Vachss' latest work, Blackjack: A Cross Novel, which marks the start of a new series focused on the mercenary Cross and his crew, was released on July 10, 2012.
Vachss has collaborated on works with authors Jim Colbert (Cross, 1995) and Joe R. Lansdale (Veil's Visit, 1999). He has also created illustrated works with artists Frank Caruso (Heart Transplant, 2010) and Geof Darrow (Another Chance to Get It Right, 1993; Dead Reliable, 2012).
Vachss has also written non-fiction, including numerous articles and essays on child protection and a book on juvenile criminology. His books have been translated into 20 languages, and his shorter works have appeared in many publications, including Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and the New York Times. Vachss' literary awards include the Grand Prix de Littérature Policiére, for Strega; the Falcon Award, Maltese Falcon Society of Japan, for Strega; the Deutsche Krimi Preis for Flood; and the Raymond Chandler Award for his body of work.
Andrew Vachss is a member of PEN and the Writers Guild of America. His autobiographical essay was added by invitation to Contemporary Authors in 2003.
When Vachss was 7 years old, an older boy swung a chain at his right eye. The resulting muscle injuries left the eye uncontrollable and forced him to wear his distinctive black eyepatch. According to Vachss, removing it has the effect of a strobe light flashing in his face. The eyepatch lends to his fierce expression often utilized when being photographed, in which he is typically accompanied by one of his pet dogs. Vachss also has a small blue heart tattooed on his right hand. He is a close personal friend of fellow writer Joe R. Lansdale.
Vachss' wife, Alice, was a sex crimes prosecutor, and later became Chief of the Special Victims Bureau in Queens, New York. She is the author of the non-fiction book Sex Crimes: Ten Years on the Front Lines Prosecuting Rapists and Confronting Their Collaborators, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
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The Burke Series
Andrew Vachss - Flood (read by Christopher Lane)
Andrew Vachss - Strega (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Blue Belle (read by Bruce Handy?)
Andrew Vachss - Hard Candy (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Blossom (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Sacrifice (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Down In The Zero (read by Grand Olbrack?)
Andrew Vachss - Footsteps Of The Hawk (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - False Allegations (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Safe House (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Choice Of Evil (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Dead And Gone (read by Ray Foushee)
Andrew Vachss - Pain Management (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Only Child (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Down Here (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Mask Market (read by David Joe Wirth)
Andrew Vachss - Terminal (read by David Joe Wirth)
Andrew Vachss - Another Life (read by Christopher Lane)
Aftershock Series
Andrew Vachss - Aftershock (read by Phil Gigante, Natalie Ross)
Andrew Vachss - Shockwave (read by Phil Gigante, Natalie Ross)
Andrew Vachss - Signwave (read by Phil Gigante, Natalie Ross)
Cross Series
Andrew Vachss - Blackjack (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Urban Renewal (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Drawing Dead (read by James Foster)
Non-Series
Andrew Vachss - A Bomb Built In Hell (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Shella (read by Fred Major)
Andrew Vachss - The Getaway Man (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Two Trains Running (read by Stephen Hoye)
Andrew Vachss - Haiku (read by Christopher Lane)
Andrew Vachss - The Weight (read by Buck Schirner)
Andrew Vachss - That's How I Roll (read by Phil Gigante)
Andrew Vachss - Proving It (read by Burt Reynolds)
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