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Walter Mosley
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January 12, 1952
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| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
Los Angeles, California, The 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 holds an honorary doctorate from the City College of New York, is on the Board of Trustees for Goddard College, and has served on the board of directors of the National Book Awards.
Series:
* Easy Rawlins
* Socrates Fortlow
* Fearless Jones
* Leonid McGill
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