The Wire is written by a team of writers. David Simon and Ed Burns are the series creators. Simon was the head writer throughout the series run. Burns remained a writer for the show throughout its five seasons.
List of writers[]
- David Simon ("The Target", "The Detail", "The Buys", "Old Cases", "The Wire", "Lessons", "The Cost", "Sentencing", "Ebb Tide", "Collateral Damage", "Hot Shots", "All Prologue", "Stray Rounds", "Port in a Storm", "Time After Time", "Slapstick", "Mission Accomplished", "Boys of Summer", "Final Grades", "More with Less", "-30-")
- Ed Burns ("The Pager", "Sentencing", "Undertow", "Storm Warnings", "Straight and True", "Reformation", "Alliances", "Misgivings", "A New Day", "Transitions", "The Dickensian Aspect", "-30-")
- George Pelecanos ("Cleaning Up", "Duck and Cover", "Bad Dreams", "Hamsterdam", "Middle Ground", "That's Got His Own", "Late Editions")
- Richard Price ("All Due Respect", "Moral Midgetry", "Home Rooms", "Corner Boys", "Took")
- Rafael Alvarez ("One Arrest", "Backwash", "Homecoming")
- Joy Lusco Kecken ("The Hunt", "Hard Cases", "Back Burners")
- Dennis Lehane ("Dead Soldiers", "Refugees", "Clarifications")
- David Mills ("Soft Eyes", "React Quotes")
- William F. Zorzi ("Unto Others", "Unconfirmed Reports")
- David H. Melnick ("Game Day")
- Shamit Choksey ("Game Day")
- Eric Overmyer ("Margin of Error")
- Kia Cothron ("Know Your Place")
- Chris Collins ("Not for Attribution")