She has over 10 years' experience reporting and writing on topics of social and cultural significance. Currently she is writing a nonfiction book called "The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India." The book is about orphans and other vulnerable children in India and the issues impacting them, such as AIDS, child labor, trafficking and the sex trade. Shelley has been working with orphaned children in India since 2003, and has traveled there three times since 2005 to research the plight and social issues confronting the vulnerable child population.