George P Pelecanos

D.c. Noir 2 - Akashic Noir George P Pelecanos

Brief Description: From Ed Jones to Langston Hughes, George Pelecanos explores DC's historic malaise, following up the best-selling first volume of D. C. Noir. Biographical Note: George Pelecanos is an independent film producer, the recipient of numerous international writing awards, a producer and an Emmy-nominated writer on the HBO series The Wire, and the author of a fifteen novels set in and around Washington, D. C. He is the editor of the best-selling first volume of D. C. Noir. Publisher Marketing: Classic reprints from: Edward P. Jones, George Pelecanos, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, James Grady, Julian Mayfield, Marita Golden, Elizabeth Hand, Julian Mazor, Ward Just, Jean Toomer, Roach Brown, Larry Neal, and others. George Pelecanos is an independent film producer, the recipient of numerous international writing awards, a producer and an Emmy-nominated writer of the HBO series "The Wire," and the author of fifteen novels set in and around Washington, DC. He is the editor of the best-selling first volume of "D. C. Noir." Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 07/07/2008 pg. 41 (EAN 9781933354583, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Pelecanos, George P George P. Pelecanos is the author of nine richly praised crime novels set in and around Washington D. C., including Hell to Pay, Right as Rain, The Sweet Forever, Shame the Devil, King Suckerman, and The Big Blowdown.