His manuscripts were destroyed, his typewriter seized, and his life threatened, but Jerome Washington wouldn't stop writing Savagely funny and deeply moving, Washington's stories won praise from Norman Mailer and many others. In spare, bold style, Washington looks at crime, criminals, and the secret lives of the men who live in iron houses. Iron House won the Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction, was a "Booklist" Editor's Choice, and was given a starred review in "Publishers Weekly."