Walter Mosley
Born: 1952-01-12 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Man in My Basement ... (Novel)
- Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story as Self
2023
- Justified: City Primeval ... (Consulting Producer)
2022
- The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey ... (Novel)
2019
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am as Self
2017
- Snowfall ... (Writer)
2016
- O.J.: Made in America as Self
- O.J.: Made in America as Self
2007
- Jack Kirby: Story Teller as Self
2004
- The Manchurian Candidate as Congressman Rawlins
2000
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self - Writer
- The Middle Passage ... (Dialogue)
1999
- Yesterday's Tomorrows as Self
1998
- Always Outnumbered ... (Executive Producer)
- Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane as Self
1995
- Devil in a Blue Dress ... (Novel)
1993
- Fallen Angels ... (Story)