David Simon writes.
David Judah Simon ( born February 9 , 1960 ) is an American author , journalist , writer , and producer . Simon adapted the latter book into the HBO mini-series The Corner ( 2000 ) . The Corner is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book The Corner : A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood ( 1997 ) by David Simon and Ed Burns , and adapted for television by Simon and David Mills .