Michael Wuitchik

Michael Wuitchik: Wuitchik, a psychologist-turned-writer, first visited Sierra Leone 13 years ago. He met the amputee at a refugee camp in Freetown, the West African countrys capital. A pretty woman, about 19 years old, she was missing an arm and a leg. This victim of rebel forces had also been raped multiple times. , according to Times Colonist. Her eyes were almost catatonic, he said, chatting in the living room of his 10 Mile Point home, which is decorated with African masks. What she had seen and experienced was ... almost beyond belief . One thing that spurred Victorias Michael Wuitchik to write his debut novel was meeting a young and beautiful amputee. Wuitchik, there on a relief mission, met the womans unblinking eyes. It is something he ll never forget. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.