David Simon

David Simon co-wrote Show Me a Hero with William F. Zorzi. Simon and Zorzi first worked together as journalists at the Baltimore Sun newspaper. Simon wrote the books Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and The Corner. Both were developed into television series. Homicide: Life on the Street aired throughout the 1990s and Simon joined the crew as a writer and later a producer. Show Me a Hero Executive Producer Gail Mutrux was a producer for Homicide.

He went on to develop his second book The Corner into an Emmy Award winning HBO miniseries in 1999. Show Me a Hero Executive Producer Nina Kostroff Noble was a producer for The Corner.

He then created the series The Wire for HBO. Simon and Zorzi worked together on The Wire, which was Zorzi's introduction to television writing.

Simon continued his working relationship with HBO developing the miniseries Generation Kill and then the series Treme. Simon and Kostroff Noble also continued to work together on The Wire, Generation Kill and Treme.