Walter Mosley

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Biography: 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.

Department: Writing

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Birthday: January 12, 1952

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Yesterday's Tomorrows
O.J.: Made in America
The Manchurian Candidate
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story