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American novelist (born 1952)

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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 hardboiled detective Easy Rawlins, a private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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Walter Mosley
said · 2005
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Lawyer even sounds like liar.

Walking the Line (2005)

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Walter Mosley
said · 2005
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The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.

Walking the Line (2005)

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Walter Mosley
said · 2025
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There was a period of time where all the books in the world could fit on this shelf,' Walter Mosley said.

"Walter Mosley’s favorites? That’s easy." (2025)

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Awards 10

2023Cartier Diamond Dagger
2019Edgar Awards
2014Langston Hughes Medal
2010NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
2008NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
2004Nero Award
2001Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
1998Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
1991CWA New Blood Dagger
1991Shamus Award

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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 hardboiled detective Easy Rawlins, a private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In 2020, Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, making him the first Black man to receive the honor.

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United States
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Born 1952 · age 74
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