George Pelecanos

Writing

From: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

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 & Nominations6 won · 1 nominated

🏆 Won

Hammett Prize

2009
🏆 Won

Writers Guild of America Award

2008
🏆 Won

Barry Award for Best Novel

The Night Gardener

2007
🏆 Won

Edgar Awards

The Wire

2007
Nominated

Emmy Award

Middle Ground

2005
🏆 Won

German Crime Fiction Award

2000
🏆 Won

Maltese Falcon Award

1999