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  1. Feb 5, 2024 · Keren Carrión/NPR. It was August 2009 when the police raided writer George Pelecanos' home in Silver Spring, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C., with a no-knock warrant. He was performing his ...

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  2. George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author, producer and television writer. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and 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, and ...

  3. Feb 5, 2024 · It was August 2009 when the police raided writer George Pelecanos' home in Silver Spring, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C., with a no-knock warrant. He was performing his daily ritual of ...

    • Andrew Limbong
  4. Feb 5, 2024 · This cover image released by Mulholland shows “Owning Up” by George Pelecanos. (Mulholland Books via AP) Although George Pelecanos has devoted much of his energy toward writing for television in recent years (“The Wire,” “The Duce,” “We Own This City”), he has continued to produce first-rate crime novels set in his native ...

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  5. It is comprised of 4 novels in total, which were released between the years 1996 and 2000. The first book of this series was published under the title of ‘The Big Blowdown’. It was released by the Serpent’s Tail publication in the year 2011, after its initial release in 1996. Author Pelecanos has set the plot in the year 1946 in ...

  6. Jul 26, 2006 · The novel reunites a police detective and two ex-cops trying to solve a homicide with possible connections to three unsolved murders from 20 years ago. In one of Mr. Pelecanos’s favorite scenes ...

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  8. GEORGE PELECANOS is the author of twenty-two novels and story collections set in and around Washington, DC, and has been the recipient of numerous international writing awards. He is a screenwriter, essayist, and television writer/producer whose credits include The Wire, Treme, The Deuce, and We Own This City. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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