Ira Berkowitz

Ira Berkowitz

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Ira Berkowitz (born on 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, and was a USAToday Top Ten Summer Read selection. He followed up with his second Washington Irving Award for his novel, Old Flame published in 2008.

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

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The Brain Hunter
Title: The Brain Hunter
Character: Detective Slant
Released: October 31, 2015
Type: Movie
A quiet little mid-west town is disturbed by an unforeseen occurrence. Twenty years after, Cemetery Town is again disrupted by a series of killings. The town's caretaker, Cliff is in the center of the chaos. When Cliff decides to care for a demon, he soon realizes mankind and the supernatural should not merge.
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The Broken Tower
Title: The Broken Tower
Character: Poetry Enthusiast
Released: April 27, 2012
Type: Movie
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
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Before I Self Destruct
Title: Before I Self Destruct
Character: Mr. Moore
Released: November 16, 2009
Type: Movie
A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, Clarence (played by Jackson) is consumed by revenge and takes up a life of crime in order to support his younger brother.