Meet the rape victim who turned a new page on traumatic experience

Raped on a trip to Belfast by a 15-year-old, the vicious attack inspired Winnie M Li’s widely acclaimed novel, writes Áilín Quinlan.

AT 29, life was good for Winnie M Li — a Harvard graduate and one of the first recipients of the prestigious George Mitchell Scholarship, she was steadily carving out a promising career as an Oscar-nominated film-maker in London.