George P. Pelecanos
Autor/a de The Night Gardener
Sobre l'autor
George P. Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 1957. Before becoming an author, he worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and woman's shoe salesman. His first novel, A Firing Offense, was published in 1992. His other books include Nick's Trip, Shoedog, King Suckerman, Right mostra'n més as Rain, Hard Revolution, Drama City, The Night Gardener, and What It Was. He has received numerous awards including the Raymond Chandler award in Italy, the Falcon award in Japan, and the Grand Prix Du Roman Noir in France. Hell to Pay and Soul Circus were awarded the 2003 and 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has served as producer on the feature films Caught (1996), Whatever (1998) and BlackMale (1999). He was a producer, writer, and story editor for the HBO series, The Wire, which won the Peabody Award and the AFI Award. He was also a writer and co-producer on the HBO World War II miniseries The Pacific and an executive producer and writer on the HBO series Treme. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Credit: David Shankbone, Brooklyn Book Festival, Sept. 2008
Sèrie
Obres de George P. Pelecanos
Non temerò alcun male 1 exemplars
Una dolce eternità (D.C. Quartet, #3) 1 exemplars
(Derek Strange & Terry Quinn 02) Ojo por ojo 1 exemplars
Right as Rain/Hell to Pay 1 exemplars
A Marriage Made at Woodstock 1 exemplars
When You're Hungry [short story] 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Highway Kind: Tales of Fast Cars, Desperate Drivers, and Dark Roads (2016) — Col·laborador — 53 exemplars
Unusual Suspects: A New Anthology of Crime Stories from Black Lizard (1996) — Col·laborador — 39 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Pelecanos, George P.
- Data de naixement
- 1957-02-18
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Llocs de residència
- Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
- Educació
- University of Maryland (BA)
- Professions
- author
movie producer
line cook
dishwasher
bartender
woman's shoe salesman (mostra-les totes 7)
essayist - Premis i honors
- Raymond Chandler award (Italy)
Falcon award (Japan)
Grand Prix Du Roman Noir (France)
Los Angeles Times Book Prize ([2003, 2004)
Emmy nominee - Agent
- Sloan Harris (ICM)
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Ressenyes
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 42
- També de
- 15
- Membres
- 10,916
- Popularitat
- #2,167
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 295
- ISBN
- 520
- Llengües
- 16
- Preferit
- 42
Nick Stefanos knows bartending, cars, guns, music... I don't really need or like all those music references, it feels meh.
It's fun otherwise, if I happen to find a few more of the series for cheap, I'd take them.