Author

Books by Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley is an American crime fiction writer whose Easy Rawlins series has mapped postwar Black Los Angeles from the 1940s through the 1970s across more than a dozen novels. Born in Los Angeles in 1952, he studied political theory at Johnson State College before turning to fiction after participating in a creative writing workshop. He has also written science fiction, literary fiction, and political nonfiction, and has been a vocal advocate for diversity in publishing. Devil in a Blue Dress, his debut, won the Shamus Award and was adapted into a 1995 film starring Denzel Washington.