Walter Mosley

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.

Known For

6.5

The Manchurian Candidate

Movie2004

8.1

O.J.: Made in America

TV Series2016

8.4

O.J.: Made in America

Movie2016

7.3

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Movie2000

7.5

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

Movie2019

8.5

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Movie1999

6.0

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

Movie1998

7.5

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

Movie2025

Filmography