Walter Mosley (b.1952) is an American author of crime fiction best known for his Easy Rawlins detective series. The complete series list for - An Easy Rawlins Mystery Walter Mosley . Walter Mosley is a fantastic writer, and we are blessed that he is not only so prolific but that he writes in so many genres.His crime fiction has won an Edgar Award, and he has many novels for you to choose from, both standalones and series.I’m going to take you through his Leonid McGill series, which follows a New York city P.I. Walter Mosley's bestselling and award-winning novels -- from Gone Fishin' to Devil in a Blue Dress, named one of the "100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association -- have endeared him to legions of readers from a U.S. president to everyday people who can't get enough of Easy Rawlins. Mosley began the series in 1990 with his book Devil in the Blue Dress, which was later adapted into a 1995 movie of the same name starring Denzel Washington.Some of the latest titles in the series include Little Green, Rose Gold, and Charcoal Joe. Leonid McGill is a detective in the Leonid McGill series by Walter Mosley, who is considered to be one of the most popular and versatile writers in present day America. Walter Mosley is one of America's most celebrated and beloved writers.A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, he has won numerous awards, including an Edgar Award for best novel, the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA's Lifetime Achievement Award, and several NAACP Image awards. In 2020 he was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize’s award for lifetime achievement. Ezekiel "Easy" Porterhouse Rawlins is a fictional character created by mystery author Walter Mosley.Rawlins is an African-American private investigator, a hard-boiled detective and World War II veteran living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.He is featured in a series of best-selling mysteries set from the 1940s to the 1960s. Winner of a number of awards including O.Henry award, PEN America’s lifetime achievement award, and a Grammy, he has written books in a wide range of genres. Walter Mosley's talent knows no bounds. Series reading order, cover art, synopsis, sequels, reviews, awards, publishing history, genres, and time period. Walter Mosley was born on January 12, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, where his Easy Rawlins novels are set. Walter Mosley is the New York Times author of more than fifty novels in several series, most notably fourteen Easy Rawlins mysteries, several of which have been made into major motion pictures. The mysteries combine traditional conventions of … He grew up in the Watts and Pico-Fairfield districts of the city, the only child of a … A genre-bending author who can move from science-fiction to mysteries, Walter Mosley is perhaps best-known -- and loved -- for his 1940s and 50s noir crime novels starring the … Merge and Disciple are but two of six fragments in the Crosstown to Oblivion short novels in which Mosley entertainingly explores life's cosmic questions.