Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

Lansdale (Veil's Visit 1999). Vachsss also has a small blue heart tattooed on his right hand. During her time as chief prosecutor Alice Vachss regularly brought one such trained dog Sheba to work with abused children being interviewed at the Special Victims Bureau.

Andrew Henry Vachss (born 1942) is an American crime fiction author child protection consultant and attorney exclusively representing children and youths. He is a native New Yorker. He is also a founder and national advisory board member of Protect: The National Association to Protect Children.