Walter Mosleyauthor profile |
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| born | January 12, 1952 |
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| gender | male |
| place of birth | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| website | http://www.waltermosley.com/ |
| genre | Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction |
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about this author
Walter Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is a prominent American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. Mosley has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator and World War II veteran living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles; it is perhaps his most popular work. Mosley has written over 20 books in a variety of categories, including non-mystery fiction, afrofuturist science fiction and non-fiction politics, and has been translated into 21 languages. Mosley's fame increased in 1992 when then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton, a fan of murder mysteries, named Mosley as one of his favorite authors. Two of his books have been mad...more |
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books by Walter Mosleycombine editionsavg rating: 3.76 | 3492 ratings | 51 distinct works see all books by Walter Mosley » |
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quotes by Walter Mosley
"The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink."
— Walter Mosley
— Walter Mosley
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"If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning..."
— Walter Mosley
— Walter Mosley
"The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind."
— Walter Mosley
— Walter Mosley











