Sex Worker Wins Literary Prize

A former sex worker has won first prize in a Thai literary contest for her book about her life in Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan, media reports said Wednesday.Thanadda Sawangduean, 42, won the women writers' Chommanard Book Prize for her recently published autobiography "I am Eri: My Experience Overseas", an account of her years on the game.Her work...

A former sex worker has won first prize in a Thai literary contest for her book about her life in Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan, media reports said Wednesday.Thanadda Sawangduean, 42, won the women writers' Chommanard Book Prize for her recently published autobiography "I am Eri: My Experience Overseas", an account of her years on the game.Her work...