Walter Mosley, author portrait
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Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 books, most notably 13 Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered, adapted from his first Socrates Fortlow novel, was an HBO film starring Laurence Fishburne. Mosley is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy Award, a PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, a Langston Hughes Medal, and a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. A Los Angeles native and a graduate of Goddard College, he holds an MFA from CCNY and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Charcoal Joe
And Sometimes I Wonder About You
Rose Gold
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore
The Further Tales of Tempest Landry
Little Green
Odyssey
All I Did Was Shoot My Man
Merge / Disciple
The Gift of Fire / On the Head of a Pin
When the Thrill Is Gone
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Karma
Known to Evil
The Long Fall
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Books

Charcoal Joe
And Sometimes I Wonder About You
Rose Gold
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore
The Further Tales of Tempest Landry
Little Green
Odyssey
All I Did Was Shoot My Man
Merge / Disciple
The Gift of Fire / On the Head of a Pin
When the Thrill Is Gone
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Karma
Known to Evil
The Long Fall
47

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