''Silent No More: Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky'' is a 2012 book by Aaron Fisher, identified as "Victim 1" in the

Penn State child sex abuse scandal The Penn State child sex abuse scandal concerned allegations and subsequent convictions of child sexual abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky, an assistant coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team, over a period of at least fifteen years ...

. Fisher is called "Victim 1" because it was his reporting his abuse to high school officials that set off the investigation that led to Sandusky's conviction. The book follows Fisher's experience from the beginning of his interaction with Jerry Sandusky at

The Second Mile The Second Mile was a nonprofit organization for underprivileged youth, providing help for at-risk children and support for their parents in Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by Jerry Sandusky, a then- Penn State assistant college football coa ...

through Sandusky's conviction of 45 of 48 counts related to child sex abuse. Fisher's psychologist, Michael Gillum, was a co-author of the book, writing 21 of 30 chapters; Fisher and his mother wrote the other 9. Fisher said that he wrote the book with the hopes of encouraging all victims of abuse to come forward. Fisher revealed that he had contemplated suicide during the 3-year-long investigation. ''

The Patriot News ''The Patriot-News'' is the largest newspaper serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area. In 2005, the newspaper was ranked in the top 100 in daily and Sunday circulation in the United States. It has been owned by Advance Publicati ...

'' reporter

Sara Ganim Sara Elizabeth Ganim (born September 9, 1987) is an American journalist, now a correspondent for CNN. Previously she was a reporter for ''The Patriot-News'', a daily newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. There she broke the story that featured ...

, who won a 2012

Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting is awarded to an example of "local reporting that illuminates significant issues or concerns." This Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1948. Like most Pulitzers the winner receives a $15,000 award. History ...

for her reporting on the Sandusky scandal, raised issues with the fact-checking quality of the book, which she described as " ittingshelves just four months after Sandusky’s conviction, and it shows." Fisher sat for an interview with Christopher Cuomo on '' 20/20'' shortly before the book was released.

References

{{Penn State child sex abuse scandal American football books American non-fiction books 2012 non-fiction books Ballantine Books books Books about child abuse Collaborative non-fiction books