George Pelecanos

George Pelecanos
Pelecanos in 2013
Born	(1957-02-18) February 18, 1957 (age 67) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Novelist journalist television writer
Genre	Detective fiction
Website
www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/georgepelecanos/

George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writer. On television, he frequently collaborates with David Simon, writing multiple episodes of Simon's HBO series The Wire and Treme, and is also the co-creator (with Simon) of the HBO series The Deuce and We Own This City.