ABOUT THE BOOK Mandated Reporter comprises three novels by child abuse expert author Judith Lea Koretsky, Mandated Reporter, The Pink Balcony of Paradise, and Grant's Line set in the fictitious Santa Isabel Mountains situated between Grovedale and Bainbridge along the Snake River, portrays Amanda Russo, Superior Court bench appointed detective. No one cares more about criminal neglect, random violence to teens or debased children trying to discover a path to self-protection. In the role of the long arm of the law, she decides the fate of disassociated teens in their combat against their chaotic families. ABOUT THE AUTHOR J. Lea Koretsky worked twenty-two years for the Superior Court on behalf of fragile infants, young children, and abused teens, often in co-association with the Sheriff Coroner and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She is the author of non- fiction books on psychopathology and fiction novels and short stories. She has been awarded best short fiction, nominated for best poetry in a novel Trojan Park and recommended for best play. She resides in San Joaquin County.