Rafael Alvarez

Rafael Alvarez is a reporter, essayist, and staff writer for the HBO drama The Wire. He worked at the Baltimore Sun for over two decades, during which he published two collections of short fiction, The Fountain of Highlandtown and Orlo and Leini. The Sun published two anthologies of his journalistic work, Hometown Boy and Storyteller. He also wrote a guide book for The Wire called The Wire: Truth be Told.