Alex Kotlowitz

Alex Kotlowitz , who teaches at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, is the author of four books, including, most recently, “ An American Summer .”

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The Rise and Fall of the Trenchcoat Robbers

annals of crime · July 8, 2002

After fifteen years and twenty-seven heists, Ray Bowman and Billy Kirkpatrick, who were among the most accomplished bank robbers in United States history, finally tripped up, Alex Kotlowitz reports.

The Unprotected

a reporter at large · February 8, 1999

A REPORTER AT LARGE about two young boys--Ricky and Isaac--who were charged with the murder of an 11-year-old girl named Ryan Harris. The writer describes…