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All 17 of George Pelecanos' crime novels have been set in his hometown of Washington, D.C. — but he isn't writing about politicians, lawyers or lobbyists. Instead, Pelecanos' stories look at the ...

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George Pelecanos is widely considered to be one of the best crime novelists going, but he’s never fit all that comfortably into the genre. His writing is properly hard-boiled, his heroes are ...

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George Pelecanos is a busy man. The writer is likely best known to pop-culture fans for his collaborations with David Simon: He served as a writer alongside him on the series Treme and The Wire, ...

Novelist, screenwriter, film and television producer George Pelecanos has been tapped to receive the 2023 Honorary Orpheus Award in June by the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF). Known for his ...

Read an excerpt from The Turnaround. George Pelecanos knows how to make a killing. His best-selling tales of gumshoes and savage acts on gritty streets in and around the nation's capital have proven ...

George Pelecanos describes his relationship with Michael Connelly this way: "We're both kind of quiet guys. Michael and I could get in a car and drive from Seattle to Portland and not say a word and ...

With "The Cut," the 17th book of his remarkably productive and varied career, George Pelecanos sets off on a new direction: a series featuring Spero Lucas, a 29-year-old veteran of the Iraq War who ...

Writer George Pelecanos reads The Washington Post every morning in his home. (Keren Carrión/NPR) It was August 2009 when the police raided writer George Pelecanos' home in Silver Spring, Md., just ...