Walter Mosley

Writing

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
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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
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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
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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