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About the Author
Detective Edward Burns (retired) served in the Baltimore City Police
Department's Drug Control Unit. Edward Burns is a retired 20-year veteran of the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department, where he
specialized in homicide investigation, and worked extensively on inner-city drug gangs. After retiring
from the police department, he began teaching in Baltimore middle and high schools. He has
coauthored the book The Corner with David Simon, creator of the television program Homicide, and
cocreated the television series The Wire with Simon.
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