Walter Mosley

Writing

Born 1952-01-12 Los Angeles, California, USA 18 credits Grammy Awards 1 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2 Cartier Diamond Dagger 1 Edgar Awards 1

Awards

Won 1 Grammy Award

Grammy Awards 1 won

2001 Best Album Notes Won ...And It's Deep Too!

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2 won · 5 nominated

2014 Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Nominated
2010 Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Won
2009 Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Nominated
2008 Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Won
2007 Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Nominated Fortunate Son
2006 Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Nominated
2002 Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Nominated

Hammett Prize 2 nominated

2002 Hammett Prize Nominated
1992 Hammett Prize Nominated

Cartier Diamond Dagger 1 won

2023 Cartier Diamond Dagger Won

Edgar Awards 1 won

2019 Edgar Awards Won

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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.

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Filmography

Writing 7 credits