Claim: David Simon isn't an author.
Evidence: He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years -LRB- 1982 -- 95 -RRB- and wrote Homicide : A Year on the Killing Streets -LRB- 1991 -RRB- and co-wrote The Corner : A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood -LRB- 1997 -RRB- with Ed Burns.