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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Homepage: http://www.waltermosley.com/

Movie Involvements: 13

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Justified: City Primeval
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7

Justified: City Primeval

(2023) Consulting Producer
Snowfall
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8

Snowfall

(2017) Teleplay
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
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8
Devil in a Blue Dress
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6

Devil in a Blue Dress

(1995) Novel
Always Outnumbered
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6

Always Outnumbered

(1998) Teleplay
The Middle Passage
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4

The Middle Passage

(2000) Dialogue
The Man In My Basement
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5

The Man In My Basement

(2025) Novel

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