Walter Mosley
Author of Devil in a Blue Dress
About the Author
Walter Mosley was born in Los Angeles, California on January 12, 1952. He graduated from Johnson State College in Vermont. His first book, Devil in a Blue Dress, was published in 1990, won a John Creasy Award for best first novel, and was made into a motion picture starring Denzel Washington in show more 1995. He is the author of the Easy Rawlins Mystery series, the Leonid McGill Mystery series, and the Fearless Jones series. His other works include Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, 47, Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, and Twelve Steps toward Political Revelation. He has received numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award, and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award. (Bowker Author Biography) Walter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series of mysteries, the novels "Blue Light" and "RL's Dream", and two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow, "Always Outnumbered", "Always Outgunned", for which he received the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and "Walkin' the Dog". He is a member of the board of directors of the National Book Awards and the founder of the PEN American Center's Open Book Committee. At various times in his life he has been a potter, a computer programmer, & a poet. He was born in Los Angeles & now lives in New York. (Publisher Provided) show less
Image credit: Credit: David Shankbone, Sept. 2007
Series
Works by Walter Mosley
The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow (2008) — Author — 202 copies
Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History (Library of Contemporary Thought) (2000) — Author — 135 copies
The Gift of Fire / On the Head of a Pin: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion (2012) 76 copies
Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems (1999) — Editor, Introduction & Contributor — 64 copies
Folding the Red Into the Black: Developing a Viable Untopia for Human Survival in the 21st Century (2016) 28 copies
Merge 3 copies
The Mask of Sanity 1 copy
Little Brother 1 copy
The Firekeeper 1 copy
[No title] 1 copy
Black Dog {story} 1 copy
Mosley Walter 1 copy
Pet Fly [short story] 1 copy
Alien Script: Coloring Book 1 copy
The Man Who Cried I Am 1 copy
Associated Works
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists (2004) — Contributor — 552 copies
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (2000) — Contributor — 531 copies
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do (2013) — Contributor — 181 copies
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Contributor — 138 copies
Freedom: Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2009) — Contributor — 73 copies
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Contributor — 62 copies
Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers (2009) — Contributor — 53 copies
Shades Of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors (2004) — Contributor — 46 copies
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Contributor — 9 copies
Left Coast Crimes: A Collection of Short Stories — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Mosley, Walter Ellis
- Birthdate
- 1952-01-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- Victory Baptist day school
Alexander Hamilton High School
Goddard College
Johnson State College (BA|1977) - Occupations
- novelist
- Organizations
- Crime Writers of Color (cofounder)
- Awards and honors
- O. Henry Award (1996)
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes (2001)
Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award (2006)
New York Writers Hall of Fame (2013)
Langston Hughes Medal (2014)
Edgar Award (2019) (show all 14)
National Book Foundation Medal (2020)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (2007, 2009, 2014, 2021)
Sankofa Freedom Award (2022)
Robert Kirsch Award (2019)
Anisfield Wolf Award (1998)
Mystery Writers of America Grand Master (2016)
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2020)
Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger (2023)
Members
Reviews
Fear Itself: A Fearless Jones Novel by Walter Mosley
I enjoyed Fear Itself by Walter Moseley and spending more time with Paris and Fearless and their friends and enemies. I felt a little lost as the con game revealed itself but I was discovering it along with our heroes. Moseley’s carefully crafted world plays a role as well as the deep understanding of the worth of a Black man in that world. But Paris and Fearless have carved out a place for themselves and can even use the police to their own advantage now and then. Looking forward to the third book in the series.… (more)
I liked this one even better than its predecessor, Down the River Unto the Sea. Sharp, biting, racially charged, and twisty plot. Definitely a series to keep reading.
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Statistics
- Works
- 105
- Also by
- 45
- Members
- 23,725
- Popularity
- #884
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 766
- ISBNs
- 892
- Languages
- 17
- Favorited
- 87
