![]() In 1996, she published her first Alexandra Cooper novel. She is still a writer and a lecturer in defence of victims of sex crimes, and also an activist: she does pro bono work for women and children who are victims of violence and do not have access to the system. ![]() ![]() She was/is the legal expert on crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence. In 1993, she published a book on rape, Sexual Violence: Our War against Rape (New York, William Morrow & Co.), a landmark on the subject. She was prosecutor in several highly publicized cases. Linda Fairstein became chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the District Attorney’s office in Manhattan in 1976, a post she occupied for 25 years. ![]() The sex crime unit was founded two years later and several legal changes were made that facilitated the prosecution of rape cases, at a time when the Women’s Liberation Movement was giving this issue a high priority. After receiving a degree in English from Vassar College and a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1972, she joined the office of the Manhattan District Attorney and became assistant DA. Linda Fairstein, like so many crime fiction writers, had an interesting career before turning into a full-time writer in 2002. I have not read the previous or following books but judging from criticism though, it seems that this volume is fairly representative of her work. New York: Scribner & London: Little Brown, 2006ĭeath Dance is Linda Fairstein’s eighth novel in the Alexandra Cooper series. ![]()
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