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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION Andrew Vachss is a bestselling author of gritty crime novels, often having to do with child abuse. He draws on his experience as a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases and director of maximum-security prison for juvenile offenders. (Photo Illustration by Troy Wayrynen/The Columbian)