

Bernstein Award and was adapted as a television movie produced by and starring Oprah Winfrey. His other books include the national bestseller "There Are No Children Here," which the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century.

He is the author of four books, including his most recent, "An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago" which received the J. For years, Medill Professor Alex Kotlowitz has been telling stories from the heart of America, deeply intimate tales of struggle and perseverance.
