Ira Berkowitz

Ira Berkowitz
Born (1939-10-08) October 8, 1939 (age 85)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationWriter
GenreCrime fiction

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,[1] and was a USA Today Top Ten Summer Read selection.[2] He followed up with his second Washington Irving Award for his novel, Old Flame published in 2008.[3]

The third novel in the Jackson Steeg series, Sinners' Ball published in December 2009,[4] won the Shamus Award for Best Original Paperback Crime Fiction Novel of 2009.[5]

  1. ^ "Ira Berkowitz | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "USATODAY.com - Critic's picks: Something for everyone". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  3. ^ Berkowitz, Ira. "Ira Berkowtiz." Ira Berkowitz. Random House, Web. Oct 13, 2009. <www.iraberkowtiz.com>.
  4. ^ "Ira Berkowitz | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Murder, Mystery & Mayhem: The Shamus Award Winners 2010". October 16, 2010.