Walter Mosley
Known for department: Writing
Birthday: 1952-01-12
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known for
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998Self
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999Self
O.J.: Made in America
2016Self
The Manchurian Candidate
2004Congressman Rawlins
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
2007Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000Self - Writer
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019Self