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 is also the co-creator (with Simon) of the HBO series The Deuce and We Own This City.
Books in order of publication:
Standalone novels
Shoedog (1994)
Drama City (2005)
The Night Gardener (2006)
The Turnaround (2008)
The Way Home (2009)
The Man Who Came Uptown (2018)
Dogs (2024)
Nick Stefanos series
A Firing Offense (1992)
Nick’s Trip (1993)
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go (1995)
D.C. Quartet series
The Big Blowdown (1996)
King Suckerman (1997)
The Sweet Forever (1998)
Shame the Devil (2000)
Derek Strange and Terry Quinn series
Right as Rain (2001)
Hell to Pay (2002)
Soul Circus (2003)
Hard Revolution (2004)
What It Was (2012)
Spero Lucas series
The Cut (2011)
The Double (2013)
Short fiction Collections
The Martini Shot (2015)
Owning Up (2024)
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