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George Pelecanos (back to top)

George Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C. in 1957. He worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and woman's shoe salesman before publishing his first novel in 1992.

Pelecanos is the author of fourteen crime novels set in and around Washington, D.C.: A Firing Offense, Nick's Trip, Shoedog, Down By the River Where the Dead Men Go, The Big Blowdown, King Suckerman, The Sweet Forever, Shame the Devil, Right as Rain, Hell to Pay, Soul Circus, Hard Revolution, Drama City, and The Night Gardener. He has been the recipient of 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. His short fiction has appeared in Esquire and the collections Unusual Suspects, Best American Mystery Stories of 1997, Measures of Poison, Best American Mystery Stories of 2002, Men From Boys, Murder at the Foul Line, and D.C. Noir, for which he also served as editor. He is an award-winning essayist who has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Sight and Sound, Uncut, Mojo, and numerous other publications. Esquire magazine called Pelecanos "the poet laureate of the D.C. crime world."

Pelecanos served as producer on the feature films Caught (Robert M. Young, 1996), Whatever (Susan Skoog, 1998) and BlackMale (George and Mike Baluzy, 1999), and was the U.S. distributor of John Woo's cult classic, The Killer and Richard Bugajski's Interrogation. Most recently, he was a producer, writer, and story editor for the acclaimed HBO dramatic series, The Wire, winner of the Peabody Award and the AFI Award. He was nominated for an Emmy for his writing on that show. His novel Right as Rain is currently in development with director Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential, Wonder Boys) and Warner Brothers. He is a writer on the upcoming World War II miniseries The Pacific, to be produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and HBO.

Pelecanos lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and three children. He is at work on his next novel.

 

.Alumni Roundtable Partcipants (back to top)

ART HISTORY (Sponsor: Art History Undergraduate Association) Roxanne Frank, V.P. of Research, Multistate Associates Amanda Sparrow, Editor, National Gallery of Art Stephanie Tadlock, Asst. Executive Director, UMD Alumni Association   COMMUNICATION (Sponsors:  Lambda Pi Eta and Undergraduate Communication Association) Ryan Swann, Department of the Treasury Elyse Kaplan, Sr. VP, Human Resources, Mercy Health Systems Bryan Ashby, President, Nine Yards Media Betsy Peisach, Director, Education Marketing, Maryland Public Television Ilana Bittner, Founders, Pixel Workshop [Dwight Sullivan, US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces] David Taub, Principal, Round 2 Communications   ENGLISH (Sponsor: English Undergraduate Association) Jay Flounlacker, President, Epiphany Partners Corp. Marilyn Courtot, President, Children’s Literature Database Company Beth Peters, VP of Development, Baltimore/Washington Medical Center Sally Craig, retired Editor, Library of Congress Noel Milan, Director of Public Affairs, NEH

HISTORY (Sponsor:  History Undergraduate Association) David Wells, President, Key Bank Eleanor McKay, CEO, Niermann Weeks Mike Donaghue, Correspondence Director, Senator Barack Obama’s office Richard Baker, Historian, US Senate LAW (Sponsor: Phi Alpha Delta) Christopher S. Randolph, Attorney, Solomon Law Group Judge Lynn K. Stewart, Judge, Baltimore City Gary Lonergan, Attorney, Alexandria VA PR (Sponsor: PRSSA) John Seng, President, Spectrum Science Comm. Judy Phair, VP of Communication, GMAC Joyce Bosc, Boscobel Marketing Communications

 

 

Career & Internship Fair Participants ARHU Alumni companies and others looking for Interns and Employees: (back to top)

A Wider Circle Abilities Network Alliance for Community Trees Alliances for Quality Education* APCO Worldwide* Arena Stage* Armed Forces Retirement Best Buddies Biodiesel University* Bloomingdale's Boscobel Marketing Communications* CBS Radio CIA* City Year Washington DC Experience Works GMMB, Inc.* Government Services Integrated Processing Team*	K Bank* Maryland Historical Society* Maryland Hospital Association* Media Matters for America Merrick Towle Communications National Archives & Records Administration Recruitment * Next Step Research NGLCC Nine Yards Media* "Office of the States Attorney Prince Georges County Domestic Violence Unit" Olney Theatre Center On-Site Marketing PROMISE Cyberschool* Red Zebra Broadcasting* Round 2 Integrated*	Shakespeare Theater Company* SNBL Clinical Pharmacology Center, Inc.* Spectrum Science Public Relations* Sport and Spine Rehab* Strategic Communications Group, Inc. SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America* The Choice Program/The Shriver Center* The Magazine Group US Capitol Historical Society* Verizon* VOCUS WBIG 100.3 FM World Relief Baltimore

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