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  2. Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) 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 ...

  3. Jan 12, 2000 · Walter Mosley (born January 12, 1952, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American author of mystery stories noted for their realistic portrayals of segregated inner-city life. Mosley attended Goddard College and Johnson State College, and he became a computer programmer before publishing his first novel, Devil in a Blue Dress (1990; film 1995).

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  4. Bio. Walter Mosley is one of the most versatile and admired writers in America. He is the author of more than sixty critically acclaimed books that cover a wide range of ideas, genres, and forms including fiction (literary, mystery, and science fiction), political monographs, writing guides including Elements of Fiction, a memoir in paintings ...

  5. Apr 7, 2011 · Walter Mosley, a prominent African American novelist who specializes in criminal mystery fiction, was born on January 15, 1952 in Los Angeles to Ella and Leroy Mosley. Mosley was born in Watts but grew up from age 12 in relatively affluent West Los Angeles.

  6. Walter Mosley was born in southeastern Los Angeles in 1952 and grew up in Watts and the Pico-Fairfax district. His father was an African American from the deep South, and his mother a white woman of Jewish descent whose family emigrated from Eastern Europe. This unique African American\Jewish heritage made prejudice a major topic in the household.

  7. Feb 6, 2023 · Talk Feb. 5, 2023. Walter Mosley Thinks America Is Getting Dumber. By David Marchese. Walter Mosley is best known as one of contemporary literature’s pre-eminent crime novelists, but he’s...

  8. The Official Website of Walter Mosley, Bestselling Novelist (and many other things). Includes the latest book, movie and theater news; tour dates; bibliography; contact info.

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