David Simon (writer)
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| Born | David Judah Simon February 9, 1960 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Occupation | Author, journalist, television writer, producer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Subject | Crime fiction, true crime |
| Notable works |
The Wire Treme |
| Spouse |
Kayle Tucker (m. 1991; div. 1998) Laura Lippman (m. 2008) |
| Children | 2 |
 Author, Screenwriter, & Producer David Simon: 2010 MacArthur Fellow MacArthur Foundation
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A Conversation with President Obama and The Wire Creator David Simon, The White House
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David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, and a writer/producer of television series. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years (1982–95) and wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (1991) and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1997) with Ed Burns. The former book was the basis for the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99), on which Simon served as a writer and producer. Simon adapted the latter book into the HBO mini-series The Corner (2000).
He is the creator, executive producer, head writer, and show runner for all five seasons of the HBO television series The Wire (2002–2008). He adapted the non-fiction book Generation Kill into a television mini-series, and served as the show runner for the project. He was selected as one of the 2010 MacArthur Fellows and named an Utne Reader visionary in 2011. Simon also created the HBO series Treme with Eric Overmyer, which aired for four seasons. Following Treme, Simon wrote the HBO mini-series Show Me a Hero with journalist William F. Zorzi, a colleague at The Baltimore Sun, and on The Wire.
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