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Ira Berkowitz (born October 8, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer of crime fiction. His Jackson Steeg Mystery Series novels are set in Hell's Kitchen. Berkowitz's debut novel ''Family Matters'', published in 2006, won the Washington Irving Award for Literary Merit,〔"Random House, Inc." Random House. 2009. Random House, Inc, Web. Oct 15, 2009. He followed up with his second Washington Irving Award for his novel, (''Old Flame'' ) published in 2008.〔Berkowitz, Ira. "Ira Berkowtiz." Ira Berkowitz. Random House, Web. Oct 13, 2009. The third novel in the Jackson Steeg series, ''Sinners' Ball'' published in December 2009.,〔"Random House, Inc." Random House. 2009. Random House, Inc, Web. Oct 15, 2009. Ira Berkowitz’s path to writing fiction took thirty years to complete. Growing up in Brooklyn, Berkowitz dreamed of a career in medicine or law. But advertising beckoned. When he retired, he began to write. His first attempt at a novel garnered fifty rejections. A few were encouraging. So, he kept at it. Berkowitz’s novels explore the themes of family, loyalty, and asymmetrical justice – an all too familiar condition where the cards are stacked against the weak. His novels are set in Hell's Kitchen, a gentrifying neighborhood with a bloody, sordid past. It is as much a major character in the series as Jackson Steeg, an alcoholic ex-NYPD Homicide Detective. Although he mourns the changes in the neighborhood he loves, Steeg knows a simple truth: No matter how much sheen and glitz is slathered on Hell’s Kitchen, crime will always thrive in its cracks and crevasses. Berkowitz lives with his wife in Westchester County, New York. 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「Ira Berkowitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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