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George Pelecanos

Writing

Born February 18, 1957 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Biography

George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author, producer and television writer. Many of his 20 books are in the detective fiction genre, set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. On television, he frequently collaborates with David Simon, writing multiple episodes of Simon's HBO series The Wire and Treme. He is also the co-creator (with Simon) of the HBO series The Deuce and We Own This City. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Pelecanos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Hammett Prize · 2009
  • Writers Guild of America Award · 2008
  • Barry Award — Best Novel · 2007
  • Edgar Awards · 2007
  • German Crime Fiction Award · 2000
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  • Maltese Falcon Award · 1999
  • Emmy Award · 2005 · nominated

Filmography9 titles

The Wire

2002Producer, Writer

Bosch

2015Teleplay

The Pacific

2010Co-Producer

The Deuce

2017as Bar Patron

Treme

2010Consulting Producer, Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Writer

We Own This City

2022Executive Producer, Writer

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

2015as Self

Fishbowl

2018Executive Producer

DC Noir

2019Director, Executive Producer, Writer