Game of thrones
Search party
Veep
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
The Pacific
Treme
"Treme", "The Wire", and "The Pacific."
Dancing with the Stars
The Wire
LockUp Abroad
George Pelecanos has been involved as a writer and producer for which television shows?
George Pelecanos
Stephen King
Maya Angelou
Pelecanos
Meyers Briggs
Who is a poet, a producer and a crime writer?
He is an undisputed poet
Authenticity
Attention to detail
His age
He writes for TV
Pelecanos knows how to capture the authenticity of urban America with an ethnically and socially diverse cast
What is one reason for why George Pelecanos might be "perhaps the greatest living American crime writer?"
Pelecanos
John Grisham
George Pelecanos
Stephen King
Who is the best-selling and award-winning author of "The Cut?"
They do not focus on big people in the government, they focus on working class people, people of different races and its seedy underbelly
Upper class
western feel
Gritty
White
Politicians
Idyllic
Ivy league
Ethnic diversity
Social diversity
According to the article, what is specifically different about how Washington DC (and its people) is portrayed in Pelecanos's stories to the typical portrayal?
Chef
Politician
Pelecanos
Lawyer
A Washington defense attorney
Attorney
Doctor
As a private investigator, who does Spero Lucas work for in Pelecanos newest novel, "The Cut"?
New Girl
"Treme," "The Wire," and "The Pacific."
Bones
The cut
The Pacific
Treme
Thin Blue Line
The Wire
Which television shows has George Pelecanos worked on?
Girls
Treme, The Wire, and The Pacific
The cut
The Pacific
Treme
Band of Brothers
True Blood
The Wire
In addition to writing novels, George Pelecanos has written for what TV shows?
Tim Neidle
Spero Lucas
John Dawson
Stephen King
Who is the protagonist of the new book "The Cut" by George Pelecanos?
Spero Lucas
Pelecanos
Chris O'Dowd
Sally Kups
Speros
Who is the Iraq war veteran that works for an attorney?
No
Yes
Is George Pelecanos a crime writer?
Morally grey
undisputed
Peaceful
Idyllic
Violent
Utopian
A morally gray and often violent world
Historical
In what type of world does "The Cut" take place?
Game of thrones
Downton Abbey, Rugrats, Unsolved Mysteries
Veep
The Pacific
Treme
The Wire
The crown
What three shows has Pelecanos been a writer for?
George Pelecanos
King
Ruth Ware
Ken Follett
Pelecanos
Ving Raimes
Who recently released the first novel in his series featuring Iraq war veteran and private investigator Spero Lucas?
The wire
The Cut
The Long Shot
The Net
The Matrix
Spero Lucas is a character in what novel?
"The Cut"
The Jungle
The Wire
Which novel takes place in a morally and violent world, and is said to capture the sights, sounds, and taste of Washington in great detail?
Spero Lucas
John Wayne
Lincoln Graves
Stephen King
George Pelecanos' latest novel "The Cut" features which character?
Salt Lake City
Washington, D.C
Boston
Washington, DC
Philadelphia
NYC
Pelecanos writes about working families struggling to get by, racial tensions in ethnic neighborhoods, and the low-lifes on the edges of what U.S. city?
No
Yes
Does George Pelecanos write about Washington, DC?
(CNN) -- Horror-meister, Stephen King calls George Pelecanos "perhaps the greatest living American crime writer." His stories are set in Pelecanos' hometown of Washington, D.C., but this is not the side of the U.S. capitol that you see portrayed on TV with white marble monuments, lawyers and lobbyists. Pelecanos is more interested in working families struggling to get by, the racial tensions in its ethnic neighborhoods and the low-lifes on the edges. His crime-writing peers call Pelecanos the "undisputed poet" of Washington's gritty side. The best-selling and award-winning author is out this week with his 17th and latest novel, "The Cut." It's the first in a new series featuring Iraq war veteran and private investigator Spero Lucas. When he's not working for a Washington defense attorney, Lucas recovers stolen property for a 40% cut. Now, a high-profile crime boss hires Lucas to find out who's been stealing from him, and it could turn out to be Lucas' biggest payday or an untimely end. While Pelecanos made his bones in the noir tradition, there's a definite "Western" feel to "The Cut." The new novel takes place in a morally gray and often violent world. It's peppered with pitch-perfect dialogue and captures the sights, sounds and taste of Washington in rich detail. In short, Pelecanos reads like the real deal. Pelecanos knows a thing or two about capturing the authenticity of urban America with an ethnically and socially diverse cast. In addition to his success as a novelist, Pelecanos is a producer and writer for HBO's New Orleans-set, "Treme." He was previously a producer and Emmy-nominated writer on the hit series "The Wire" and the miniseries "The Pacific." Read an excerpt from "The Cut" CNN recently spoke to Pelecanos about his new novel. The following is an edited transcript. CNN: Tell me more about your new character, Spero Lucas. 