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Walter Mosley


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

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Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction


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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Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right

A King Oliver Novel

Available January 28, 2025

Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like RightIn the latest from “mystery master” Walter Mosley, a family member’s terminal illness leads P.I. Joe King Oliver to the investigation of his life: tracking down his long-lost father, and meanwhile, a new case pits King’s professional responsibility against his own moral code.
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Average rating: 3.92 · 185,415 ratings · 19,837 reviews · 161 distinct works • Similar authors
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy...
3.87 avg rating — 28,120 ratings — published 1990 — 106 editions
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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
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A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)
3.96 avg rating — 5,826 ratings — published 1991 — 67 editions
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Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)
4.08 avg rating — 5,411 ratings — published 1994 — 70 editions
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The Long Fall (Leonid McGil...
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The Man in My Basement
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White Butterfly (Easy Rawli...
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Series by Walter Mosley

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
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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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“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
tags: change, growth, love
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“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
― Walter Mosley, The Long Fall
tags: reading
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“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
tags: writing
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