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.
Awards & recognition
- Cartier Diamond Dagger · 2023
- Edgar Awards · 2019
- Langston Hughes Medal · 2014
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2010
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2008
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- Nero Award · 2004
- Grammy Award — Best Album Notes · 2001
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 1998
- CWA New Blood Dagger · 1991
- Shamus Award · 1991
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2014 · nominated
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2010 · nominated
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2009 · nominated
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2008 · nominated
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2007 · nominated
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2006 · nominated
- Hammett Prize · 2002 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Collection · 2002 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Short Story · 2002 · nominated
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction · 2002 · nominated
- Grammy Award — Best Album Notes · 2001 · nominated
- Hammett Prize · 1992 · nominated
Filmography12 titles
Snowfall
O.J.: Made in America
O.J.: Made in America
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Justified: City Primeval
The Lowdown
The Manchurian Candidate
Devil in a Blue Dress
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
The Man in My Basement