George Pelecanos is an American writer. He has written many novels and has also worked as a motion picture writer and producer. He has written for the series The Wire, The Pacific and Treme. He wrote the novels:
- A Firing Offense (1992)
- Nick's Trip (1993)
- Shoedog (1994)
- Down By The River Where the Dead Men Go (1995)
- The Big Blowdown (1996)
- King Suckerman (1997)
- The Sweet Forever (1998)
- Shame the Devil (2000)
- Right as Rain (2001)
- Hell to Pay (2002)
- Soul Circus (2003)
- Hard Revolution (2004)
- Drama City (2005)
- The Night Gardener (2006)
- The Turnaround (2008)
- The Way Home (2009)
- The Cut (2011)
- What It Was (2012)
- The Double (2013)