About the Author:From 1995-2000, Sarena Straus was a prosecutor at the Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County. Ms. Straus appeared in the Discovery Channel documentary, Crime and Justice, The Bronx. She is the author of several legal articles and writes a quarterly article for the magazine 'ACC Docket.' This is Ms. Straus' first full-length book. She lives with her husband in Putnam County, New York.'Bronx DA is a well-guided tour of what it's like to do the worst kind of work in one of the roughest places in the country. Often harrowing, sometimes hopeful, it shows how hard it is to offer justice to those whose lives have ended or barely begun. And how essential it is that people like Sarena Straus continue to do it.' 'EdConlon, author of the critically acclaimed book Blue BloodGavin De Becker, author of the bestselling Gift of Fear describes Sarena Straus as 'a crusading prosecutor who defends women and children, reminding us to follow our intuition; she always leads the reader back to compassion for others.