Walter Mosley
Writing
- Born
- January 12, 1952 (age 74) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Walter Ellis Mosley is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California; they are perhaps his most popular works. In 2020, Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, making him the first black male to receive the honor.
Known for
Behind the camera4
- 2025The Man in My Basement Novel, Screenplay
- 2000The Middle Passage Dialogue
- 1998Always Outnumbered Executive Producer, Novel, Teleplay
- 1995Devil in a Blue Dress Novel, Associate Producer
Acting8
- 2025Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story as Self
- 2019Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am as Self
- 2016O.J.: Made in America as Self
- 2007Jack Kirby: Story Teller as Self
- 2004