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Walter Mosley

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Born: 1952-01-12
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

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 & Nominations10 won · 12 nominated

🏆 Won

Cartier Diamond Dagger

2023
🏆 Won

Edgar Awards

2019
🏆 Won

Langston Hughes Medal

2014
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

2014
🏆 Won

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

2010
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

2010
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

2009
🏆 Won

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

2008
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

2008
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

Fortunate Son

2007
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

2006
🏆 Won

Nero Award

2004
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

Futureland

2002
Nominated

Hammett Prize

2002
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Little Brother

2002
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

2002
🏆 Won

Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

...And It's Deep Too!

2001
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

...And It's Deep Too!

2001
🏆 Won

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

1998
Nominated

Hammett Prize

1992
🏆 Won

CWA New Blood Dagger

Devil in a Blue Dress

1991
🏆 Won

Shamus Award

Devil in a Blue Dress

1991

Acting9 titles

Yesterday's Tomorrows
8.5
Movie

Yesterday's Tomorrows

1999Documentary
O.J.: Made in America
8.4
Movie

O.J.: Made in America

2016Documentary
O.J.: Made in America
8.0
Series

O.J.: Made in America

2016Documentary
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
7.5
Movie

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

2019Documentary
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
7.5
Movie

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

2025Documentary
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
7.3
Movie

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000Documentary
The Manchurian Candidate
6.5
Movie

The Manchurian Candidate

2004Thriller
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
6.5
Movie

Jack Kirby: Story Teller

2007Documentary
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
6.0
Movie

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

1998Documentary

Writing8 titles

Snowfall
8.4
Series

Snowfall

2017-2023Drama
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
7.5
Series

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

2022Drama
The Lowdown
6.7
Series

The Lowdown

2025 - ...Thriller
Devil in a Blue Dress
6.5
Movie

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995Thriller
Always Outnumbered
6.4
Movie

Always Outnumbered

1998Drama
Fallen Angels
6.2
Series

Fallen Angels

1993-1995Thriller
The Man in My Basement
5.5
Movie

The Man in My Basement

2025Horror
The Middle Passage
4.4
Movie

The Middle Passage

2000Drama

Production4 titles

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
7.5
Series

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

2022Drama
Justified: City Primeval
6.9
Series

Justified: City Primeval

2023Thriller
Devil in a Blue Dress
6.5
Movie

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995Thriller
Always Outnumbered
6.4
Movie

Always Outnumbered

1998Drama

Creator1 title

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
7.5
Series

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

2022Drama