Leonid McGill novels are written from 2009 to 2015. The Socrates Fortlow novels are written from 1997 to 2008. The Fearless Jones Mysteries consists of three books written from 2001 to 2008. Mosley wrote a detective series called The Easy Rawlins series which included 14 novels and was written from 1990 to 2016. Many of his novels have been transformed into plays. Mosley has written a vast number of books, series, plays.

He published his first novel Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) which also became a major motion picture, starring Denzel Washington in 1995. He was also inspired by author Alice Walker and by his tutor Edna O’Brien to pursue a career in literature. Mosley’s writing career started at age 34, always remembering his father’s encouraging words to pursue a career in writing. Walter Mosley and Howard Zinn Video (July 2007)

In 1987 they got married and in 2001 was divorced. Shortly after Mosley’s move to New York, he meets dancer and choreography, Joy Kellman. While working at Mobil, he enrolled at City College where he took a writing course. In 1981 Mosley moved to New York and worked at Mobil. Mosley then entered into a doctoral program in political theory but soon after changed his mind and turned to computer programming. When he was finally ready to return to school, he enrolled in Johnson State College and received a political science degree in 1979. He traveled from California to Europe and back again. During Mosley’s late teen’s and early twenties, he used his time to travel. Mosley then attended Alexander Hamilton High School and graduated in 1970. Mosley attended a private elementary school called Victory Baptist Day School which focused on black history. His mother encouraged him to read a large selection of European classics.

As a child, Mosley was said to have a great imagination.

His mother was Jewish and worked as a personnel clerk, and his father was African American and worked as a custodian supervisor at a public school in Los Angeles. Walter Mosley was born on January 12, 1952, in Los Angeles, California to parents Ella and Leroy Mosley. Walter Mosley was Voted the #12 Favorite Author of the 20th Century Walter Mosley is Currently #5 in Voting for Favorite Author of the 21st Century Walter Mosley is a Top 100 Bestselling Author Making Our List 30 Times

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