Bernard Lefkowitz (1937/1938 – May 21, 2004) was an American author, sociologist, journalist and investigative reporter.
Our Guys dealt with the Glen Ridge Rape of a mentally disabled girl by a group of popular high school students and the town (Glen Ridge, New Jersey) that rallied around them. Lauded by The New York Times as a notable book of the year, as well as an Edgar Award finalist, Our Guys was made into a television movie starring Ally Sheedy Eric Stoltz and Heather Matarazzo.
Lefkowitz taught journalism at City College, Duke University and Columbia University.
Lefkowitz died due to thymus gland cancer on May 21, 2004.