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Walter Mosley


Born
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
January 12, 1952

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Walter Mosley (b. 1952) is the author of the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins, as well as numerous other works, from literary fiction and science fiction to a young adult novel and political monographs. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and the Nation, among other publications. Mosley is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City.

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Ghalen: A Romance in Black

Ghalen: A Romance in Black

A stellar addition to the Amistad list: a beautiful coming-of-age novel from MWA Grand Master and PEN and Edgar Award-winner Walter Mosley that explores love in all forms—romantic, familial, and platonic, centered on one Black family, including a neurodivergent man, and the found bonds that helps ground them.

One of the most acclaimed writers working today, Walter Mosley spins magic once ag

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Average rating: 3.92 · 202,301 ratings · 21,550 reviews · 211 distinct worksSimilar authors
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy...

3.87 avg rating — 30,523 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions
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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

4.15 avg rating — 9,558 ratings — published 2010 — 26 editions
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Down the River Unto the Sea...

3.72 avg rating — 9,071 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions
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A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)

3.97 avg rating — 6,343 ratings — published 1991 — 69 editions
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Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)

4.08 avg rating — 5,745 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions
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The Man in My Basement

3.67 avg rating — 6,139 ratings — published 2004 — 40 editions
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The Long Fall (Leonid McGil...

3.78 avg rating — 5,640 ratings — published 2009 — 47 editions
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White Butterfly (Easy Rawli...

4.05 avg rating — 5,217 ratings — published 1992 — 50 editions
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Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlin...

4.08 avg rating — 4,916 ratings — published 2004
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A Little Yellow Dog (Easy R...

4.07 avg rating — 4,707 ratings — published 1996 — 55 editions
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Devil in a Blue Dress A Red Death White Butterfly Black Betty A Little Yellow Dog Gone Fishin' Bad Boy Brawly Brown
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The Long Fall Known to Evil When the Thrill Is Gone All I Did Was Shoot My Man And Sometimes I Wonder Abou... Trouble Is What I Do
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Down the River Unto the Sea Every Man a King Been Wrong So Long It Feels...
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Fearless Jones Fear Itself Fear of the Dark
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Always Outnumbered, Always ... Walkin' the Dog The Right Mistake: The Furt...
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Quotes by Walter Mosley  (?)
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“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”
Walter Mosley, Blue Light

“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
Walter Mosley, The Long Fall

“The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink.”
Walter Mosley

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