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David Skivington

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While volunteering in Kolkata, I was approached by a human trafficker. As a result of this experience I went on to write my debut crime thriller novel, Scar Tissue, to raise awareness of trafficking.
My second novel, Blessed, Bound and Broken is another crime thriller, this time set in Andhra Pradesh after volunteering in the state. While there I visited a charity working to prevent the dedication of children to temples as prostitutes and wrote the novel to bring attention to the practice.

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Scar Tissue

4.08 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions
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Take a second and think about the last time you discovered something which really shocked you. It might have been something you saw or heard, or maybe a story you read in the paper.
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When I was eighteen I volunteered in Kolkata for a year. Walking down a bustling street in the midday heat a man approached me and engaged in conversation. Naïvely assuming he just wanted to chat I obl Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 12, 2016 10:39 Tags: crime-thriller, human-trafficking, india, kolkata, sex-trafficking, social-justice
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David Skivington My new crime thriller novel Blessed, Bound and Broken is now out! Set in Andhra Pradesh, India, this book was written after my visit to a charity working to prevent child temple prostitution.


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