2015 LONDON BOOK FESTIVAL WINNER and HONORABLE MENTION in the 2016 PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL Written from life experience and ringing with authenticity, Known to Social Services, winner of the 2015 London Book Festival and an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Paris Book Festival, follows Diane Foster, a dedicated social worker, into the grim, grey world of the Deacon Hill estate in Millbrook and the tormented lives of its inhabitants. Domestic violence, child abuse, serial paedophiles and ex-convicts proliferate in the daily lives of most of the children, but Diane enters deeply into this world of misery to help the victims and keep together the fragile structure of society. Hampered by an administration inhabited by paper-shuffling and uninvolved, uncaring bureaucrats, Diane fights unremittingly to protect the children of Deacon Hill from rape, horror, random violence, female genital mutilation and murder, within the context of a horrifying barrenness and desolate existential reality. The sequel Caught in Traffick is now out, and it continues the story of Diane Foster. Set mainly in Thailand; Diane and her partner Ethan are on a working holiday, blissfully unaware of the dangers lurking against the beautiful backdrop of white beaches and glorious monuments. With gripping twists and turns, hair-raising rescue attempts and heart breaking tragedies which leave you in despair; Caught in Traffick will open your eyes to the disturbing underground world of child trafficking.