The series stars The Wire alumni Jamie Hector and Lance Reddick. Pelecanos and Michael Connelly co-wrote the show's fourth episode "Fugazi". In 2017, HBO premiered The Deuce, a new series developed by Pelecanos and David Simon. The show focuses on the birth of the pornography industry in 1970s Times Square. George also co-authored several of the teleplays, including the pilot, with Simon, and co-authored episodes with Richard Price and Lisa Lutz. In 2019, Pelecanos' D.C. Noir anthology was made into a film featuring several short fictional crime stories which take place in Washington, D.C. Pelecanos wrote the film and also served as a director and executive producer. The film was shot on location in Washington, D.C. and is reminiscent of HBO's The Wire. He is currently developing a series based on his Derek Strange character for HBO. The first season will be based on the Derek Strange novel Hard Revolution. More recently, he signed an overall deal with HBO. Personal life As of 2006, Pelecanos lives in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and three children. Bibliography Novels Standalone novels Shoedog (1994). Drama City (2005). The Night Gardener (2006). The Turnaround (2008). The Way Home (2009). The Man Who Came Uptown (2018) 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). Edited anthologies D.C. Noir (2006). D.C. Noir 2: The Classics (2008). Best American Mystery Stories 2008, with Otto Penzler (2008). Essays, reporting and other contributions Filmography Production staff Writer Awards References External links George P. Pelecanos at the Internet Book List 1957 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American male screenwriters American mystery writers American television producers American television writers American writers of Greek descent Barry Award winners American male television writers Maltese Falcon Award winners People from Silver Spring, Maryland The New Yorker people University of Maryland, College Park alumni Novelists from Maryland Novelists from Washington, D.C. Writers Guild of America Award winners 20th-century American male writers 21st-century