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Alex Berenson (born January 6, 1973) is a former reporter for ''The New York Times'' and the author of several thriller novels and a book on corporate financial filings. ==Life== Berenson was born in New York, and grew up in Englewood, NJ.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alexberenson.com/?page_id=25 )〕 He graduated from Yale University in 1994 with bachelor's degrees in history and economics. He joined the ''Denver Post'' in June 1994 as a business reporter. He published 513 articles through August 1996, when he left to join TheStreet.com, a financial news website founded by Jim Cramer. In December 1999, Berenson joined ''The New York Times'' as a business investigative reporter. In the fall of 2003 and the summer of 2004, Berenson covered the occupation of Iraq for the ''Times''. More recently, he has covered the pharmaceutical and health care industries, specializing in issues concerning dangerous drugs. Since December 2008, Berenson has reported on the Bernard Madoff $50 billion Ponzi scheme scandal. He is now a full-time writer. He has written eight spy novels, all featuring the same protagonist, CIA agent John Wells. His first novel, ''The Faithful Spy'', was released in April 2006 and won an Edgar Award for best first novel by an American author. In February 2008, ''The Faithful Spy'' rose to #1 on the New York Times paperback bestseller list. The same month, Berenson released his second thriller, ''The Ghost War.'' His third novel, ''The Silent Man,'' followed in February 2009. His fourth, ''The Midnight House,'' was released on February 9, 2010 and debuted at #9 on The New York Times bestseller list. The fifth, ''The Secret Soldier,'' was released on February 8, 2011 and debuted at #6 on the bestseller list. The sixth, ''The Shadow Patrol,'' was released on February 21, 2012, and debuted at #8. In July 2012, ''The Shadow Patrol'' was named a finalist for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, given by Britain's Crime Writers Association. In 2010, Berenson left the ''Times'' to become a full-time novelist. He lives in the East Village of Manhattan with his wife, Jacqueline Berenson, a forensic psychiatrist and researcher at Columbia University. They have a daughter, Lucy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Berenson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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