Blogger Josie Henley-Einion makes her debut as an author with a novel that explores the repercussions of sexual violence and how the media intrudes in people's lives and judges anything that has a pulse.

Jackie Harris, prison counsellor and ex-drag king, kills her lesbian lover's rapist in what she insists is self-defence. Looking back through her life, Silence portrays a troubled character struggling against many obstacles and her own identity.

Silence is a gripping and stylish novel that questions the right of the media to scrutinise and control public judgement. When all is done, silence is the only route for Jackie Harris to be heard.

"...weaves its web well enough to keep you turning the pages. It deals with serious stuff that is bang on the button in an era when a powerful rich man wins a libel action against a red-top Sunday newspaper that publicised details of his sex life." Western Mail

Paperback - 384 pages