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Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley
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Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley is the author of five Easy Rawlins mysteries: Devil in A Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, Black Betty and A Little Yellow Dog; three non-mystery novels, Blue Light, Gone Fishin', and R. L.'s Dream; two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, for which he received the Anisfield Wolf Award, and which was an HBO movie, and a nonfiction book, Workin' On The Chain Gang. He is a former president of the Mystery Writers of America, a founder of the PEN American Center Open Book Committee, and is on the board of directors of the National Book Awards. A native of Los Angeles, he now lives in New York City.

Devil in a Blue Dress will be released on June 22, 2010 in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
R L'S Dream is now available in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
R L'S Dream will be released on June 22, 2010 in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned will be released on June 22, 2010 in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Black Betty is now available in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Black Betty will be released on June 22, 2010 in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Devil in a Blue Dress is now available in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned is now available in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
A Little Yellow Dog will be released on June 22, 2010 in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
A Little Yellow Dog is now available in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
White Butterfly will be released on June 22, 2010 in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
White Butterfly is now available in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Red Death will be released on June 22, 2010 in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Red Death is now available in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from RED DEATH
Jun 30, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from WHITE BUTTERFLY
Jun 30, 2009

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Korea Herald, February 10, 2012
...black author. Incidentally, in my second reading after three decades, I saw the loins that spawned people like Walter Mosley and Chester Himes. These are not just another bundle of obligatory texts to look up during Black History Month: These are for...
Centre Daily Times, February 8, 2012
...black author. Incidentally, in my second reading after three decades, I saw the loins that spawned people like Walter Mosley and Chester Himes. These are not just another bundle of obligatory texts to look up during Black History Month: These are for...
MinnPost, February 8, 2012
...coming up: Thursday, 7 p.m., Rondo Library, 461 N. Dale St.: Local African-American literature experts will discuss Walter Mosley's books. Feb. 21, 7 p.m., Merriam Park Library, 1831 Marshall Ave.: Showing and discussion of the film “More than a...
Columbus Republic, February 8, 2012
...black author. Incidentally, in my second reading after three decades, I saw the loins that spawned people like Walter Mosley and Chester Himes. These are not just another bundle of obligatory texts to look up during Black History Month: These are for...
Louisburg Herald, February 8, 2012
...month at the library. The Mystery Book Club selection for February is “Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley and they meet the second Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. in the conference room. Guys Read meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7...
Amsterdam News, February 7, 2012
...Walter Mosley Photo Credit to Ella Veres Walter Mosley Photo Credit to Ella Veres By Souleo, Souleo Enterprises, LLC New York Amsterdam News | 0 comments I'm envious of civil...
Amsterdam News, February 7, 2012
...through imprints. At his Hue-Man Bookstore reading for his latest novel "All I Did Was Shoot My Man," Walter Mosley expressed his ambivalence toward imprints. "You get marginalized and it's impossible to get out of that place," he says. Still Mosley...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, October 10, 2011
...Forster), cross-cultural understanding (Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks), cross-generational exchange (The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray by Walter Mosley), and being alive (Man in the Dark by Paul Auster). The question of whether a politician reads at...
theGrio, October 5, 2011
...Walter Mosley (Getty Images) NEW YORK (AP) -- Easy Rawlins is back on the case. Walter Mosley has a three-book deal with Doubleday, including two more novels featuring the Los Angeles...
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...Mixx Digg Reddit Google Bookmarks Twitter LinkedIn (AP)  NEW YORK Easy Rawlins is back on the case.Walter Mosley has a three-book deal with Doubleday, including two more novels featuring the Los Angeles detective played by Denzel Washington in the film...
GalleyCat, September 19, 2011
...speaks to the Brooklyn spirit. Previous recipients of the BoBi award include John Ashbery (2010), Edwidge Danticat (2009), Walter Mosley (2008) and Paul Auster (2007). Festival founder and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz commented: “It’s...
From Inside the Box, September 12, 2011
...Plus 8' finale: What did you think of the goodbye? » 'Easy Rawlins': NBC developing series based on Walter Mosley novels By Rick Porter    September 12, 2011 9:11 PM ET Follow @Zap2itRick on Twitter NBC is looking to get back into the private-eye...
Deadline.com, September 12, 2011
...Walper to ABC. Several more pitches will be taken out shortly. NBC’s Easy Rawlins is based on Walter Mosley’s best-selling novels about Black P.I. Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, who finds himself solving crimes and dealing with the changing world ...
Immortality and Beyond, August 8, 2011
...ability to see into the future.BK:  Favorite Book?Too many to name!BK:  Favorite Author? I enjoy Walter Mosley, Tammy Hoag and Greg Isles.BK:  Favorite Song? Can’t pick just one! I love R&B, gospel and country music.BK:  Favorite Saying? I can do...