# Crime Writer and TV Producer George Pelecanos

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Podcast: [The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794)
Published: 2025-09-02T20:32:12+00:00
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## Resource

George Pelecanos is the author of 20 crime novels, and a regular writing collaborator with David Simon on projects, including The Wire and Treme. Pelecanos' books ofteh catch Washington, D.C.'s denizens at the moment they hover between a life of crime and straight society. They are moral tales, as well as fast-paced thrillers.

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