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Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley 0000000114370035 Walter Mosley, born in 1952, is a renowned author known for his detective series, including the Easy Rawlins series. Inspired by his parents and authors like Alice Walk...
Stan Lee and Walter Mosley
Stan Lee and Walter Mosley MULTIPLE Stan Lee and Walter Mosley are renowned authors known for their contributions to the comic book and mystery genres respectively. Lee, a Marvel Comics pioneer, and ...
Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake
Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake MULTIPLE Ed McBain, Walter Mosley, and Donald E. Westlake are renowned authors known for their influential works in mystery and crime fiction. Ed McBai...
Walter Mosley, Christopher Chambers, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ron Fortier, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Tommy Hancock, D. Alan Lewis, Derrick Ferguson, and Kimberly Richardson
Walter Mosley, Christopher Chambers, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ron Fortier, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Tommy Hancock, D. Alan Lewis, Derrick Ferguson, and Kimberly Richa...
Elements of Fiction
Elements of Fiction Walter Mosley 9780802147639 Nonfiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers wit...
This Year You Write Your Novel
This Year You Write Your Novel Walter Mosley 9780316065498 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group No more excuses. “Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls,” bestsel...
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir Walter Mosley 9781574781366 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press “A memoir about the beginnings of my journey on the page. My half-ba...
Transgressions
Transgressions Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake 9780765347527 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers New York Times bestsellers Ed McBain, Walter Mosley, and Donald Westlake each provided a...
Workin’ on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History
Workin’ on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History Walter Mosley 9780472031986 Nonfiction University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press A passionate examination of the socia...
Touched
Touched Walter Mosley 9780802161840 Fiction Atlantic Monthly Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Intergalactic visions, deadly threats, and explosive standoffs between mostly good and nearly completely evil co...
The Awkward Black Man
The Awkward Black Man Walter Mosley 9780802149565 Fiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinar...
Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation
Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation Walter Mosley 9781568586427 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group In his late teens and early twenties, Walter Mosley was addicted to alcohol and ciga...
Little Scarlet: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Little Scarlet: An Easy Rawlins Mystery Walter Mosley 9780316073035 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group For the huge audience that has always thought they should read Walter Mosley...
Futureland
Futureland Walter Mosley 9780446529549 Fiction Aspect Hachette Book Group The place is the United States. The time, the near-future, 2020-2040. Here, justice is blind and the ranks of the disenfranc...
Parishioner: A Novel
Parishioner: A Novel Walter Mosley 9780802168092 Fiction Atlantic Crime Grove Atlantic, Inc. Xavier Rule Mysteries, Book 1 “Walter Mosley is on my Mount Rushmore of crime fiction.”—S.A....
Ghalen: A Romance in Black
Ghalen: A Romance in Black Walter Mosley 9780063451551 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A stellar addition to the Amistad list: a beautiful coming-of-age novel from MWA Grand Master and PEN and Edgar Awa...
Black Pulp
Black Pulp Walter Mosley, Christopher Chambers, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ron Fortier, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Tommy Hancock, D. Alan Lewis, Derrick Ferguson, and Kim...
Known To Evil (Leonid Mcgill, Book 2)
Known To Evil (Leonid Mcgill, Book 2) Walter Mosley 9781594487521 Fiction Riverhead Hardcover Penguin Random House The Walter Mosley and his new hero, Leonid McGill, are back in the new New Yor...
Blonde Faith: An Easy Rawlins Novel
Blonde Faith: An Easy Rawlins Novel Walter Mosley 9780446617901 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Easy Rawlins comes home from work, and finds more trouble on his doorstep in a day ...
Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel
Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel Walter Mosley 9781596912267 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing This bold new novel from Walter Mosley startles in both its rawness and its honest p...
Maximum Fantastic Four
Maximum Fantastic Four Stan Lee and Walter Mosley 9780785117926 Fiction Marvel Comics Marvel Comics Ushering in momentous change in comic-book illustration and ingenuity, Jack Kirby’s immense artistic...
Black Betty
Black Betty Walter Mosley 9780743451789 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books The New York Times Book Review ended its rave for White Butterfly, the most recent novel in Walter Mosley’s acclaimed mystery ...
Life Out of Context
Life Out of Context Walter Mosley 9781560258469 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group Life Out of Context begins as a powerful, brooding and humorously honest examination of Mosley’s own se...
In Remembrance of Dr. Walter Rodney, Martyred on June 13, 1980
In Remembrance of Dr. Walter Rodney, Martyred on June 13, 1980 James McIntosh Article This talk was delivered by Dr. McIntosh at John Henrik Clarke House on June 7, 2015 Today our topic is Walt...
Walter Zacharius
Walter Zacharius NONE Walter Zacharius (1923-2011) was a WWII veteran and a noted philanthropist. He co-founded Kensington Publishing in 1974, expanding the romance genre and supporting diverse reade...
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel Walter Mosley 9780316460217 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning “master of craft and narrative...
Inside A Silver Box
Inside A Silver Box Walter Mosley 9780765375216 Fiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers Walter Mosley’s talent knows no bounds. Inside a Silver Box continues to explore the cosmic questions en...
Little Green
Little Green Walter Mosley 9780385535984 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress—a combus...
Stepping Stone and Love Machine: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion
Stepping Stone and Love Machine: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion Walter Mosley 9780765330109 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Walter Mosley’s talent knows no bounds. Stepping Stone and L...
Merge and Disciple: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion
Merge and Disciple: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion Walter Mosley 9780765330093 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Walter Mosley’s talent knows no bounds. Merge and Disciple are but two ...
The Fall of Heaven
The Fall of Heaven Walter Mosley 9780573601057 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Dramatic comedy Cahracters: 3 male, 2 female A hip and inventive new play by Walter Mosley, best-selling aut...
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47 Walter Mosley 9780316110358 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Walter Mosley is one of the best-known writers in America. In his first book for young adults, Mosley d...
Devil In a Blue Dress (1st in the Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Devil In a Blue Dress (1st in the Easy Rawlins Mysteries) Walter Mosley 9780743451796 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. Devil in a Blue Dress, a defining novel in Walter Mosley’s ...
Known to Evil
Known to Evil Thumper Book Review Walter Mosley is back with the second installment of his new, magnificent Lenoid McGill Mystery series, Known to Evil. Believe it or not, I got my hands on Known...
Long Fall
Long Fall Thumper Book Review I started Walter Mosley’s The Long Fall with a bit of left over anger and some anticipation. I’m not going to lie, I did not ever think that I would feel...
Mildred Pitts Walter
Mildred Pitts Walter 0000000074049983 Mildred Pitts Walter, born on September 9, 1922, in Louisiana, overcame segregation and societal barriers to become a renowned author. Despite limited access to ...
What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace
What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace Walter Mosley 9781574780208 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Mosley, like many New Yorkers, has tried to make sense of the events of 9/11—and h...
Gray Dawn (paperback): An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Gray Dawn (paperback): An Easy Rawlins Mystery Walter Mosley 9780316573245 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group Instant USA Today Bestseller In this thrilling mystery from “master of ...
Gray Dawn: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Gray Dawn: An Easy Rawlins Mystery Walter Mosley 9780316573238 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group Easy Rawlins #17 Detective Easy Rawlins has settled into the happy rhythm of his new life...
Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right: A King Oliver Novel
Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right: A King Oliver Novel Walter Mosley 9780316573269 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group In the latest from “mystery master” Walter Mosley, a family member&...
Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World
Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World Walter Mosley 9781574782356 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The citizenry of America struggles for survival in a dangerous, twisted future...
Farewell, Amethystine
Farewell, Amethystine Walter Mosley 9780316491112 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group Easy Rawlins’ latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia, blinding him to reason and r...
Blood Grove
Blood Grove Walter Mosley 9780316491181 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group "Master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley returns with this crowning achievement in the Easy Rawlins saga, in w...
Trouble Is What I Do
Trouble Is What I Do Walter Mosley 9780316491136 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group From innovative bestselling novelist Walter Mosley comes the return of the beloved Leonid McGill detective...
John Woman
John Woman Walter Mosley 9780802128416 Fiction Atlantic Monthly Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. A convention-defying novel by bestselling writer Walter Mosley, John Woman recounts the transformation of an ...
Down the River unto the Sea
Down the River unto the Sea Walter Mosley 9780316509640 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group From trailblazing novelist Walter Mosley: a former NYPD cop once imprisoned for a crime he did not ...
Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery Walter Mosley 9780385539203 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Walter Mosley’s indelible detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new...
Odyssey
Odyssey Walter Mosley B00DK8AQ8U Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House In this gripping and provocative eBook original novel celebrated bestselling author Walter Mosley explores the mind of an African...
Parishioner
Parishioner Walter Mosley B009MYCOYK Fiction Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Penguin Random House An eBook original crime novel from bestselling author Walter Mosley, Parishioner is a portrait of a hardene...
The Gift of Fire and On the Head of a Pin: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion
The Gift of Fire and On the Head of a Pin: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion Walter Mosley 9780765330086 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley de...
When The Thrill Is Gone (Leonid Mcgill)
When The Thrill Is Gone (Leonid Mcgill) Walter Mosley 9781594487811 Fiction Riverhead Hardcover Penguin Random House Leonid McGill is back, in the third-and most enthralling and ambitious-installment ...
Fortunate Son: A Novel
Fortunate Son: A Novel Walter Mosley 9780316114714 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley’s novel about two boys, one ensconced in a life...
The Wave
The Wave Walter Mosley 9780446533638 Fiction Aspect Hachette Book Group Errol is awakened again by a strange prank caller asking for him by name and claiming to be his fatherwho has been dead for se...
Cinnamon Kiss: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Cinnamon Kiss: An Easy Rawlins Mystery Walter Mosley 9780786278558 Fiction Thorndike Press Thorndike Press A New York Times Bestselling Author This sizzling novel by master of crime fiction Walter ...
Fear Itself: A Fearless Jones Novel
Fear Itself: A Fearless Jones Novel Walter Mosley 9780316591126 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group Paris Minton doesn’t want any trouble. He minds his used bookstore and his own bus...
Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories
Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories Walter Mosley 9780743442527 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Walter Mosley’s bestselling and award-winning novels — from Gone Fishin’ to Devil i...
Black Betty (Mask Noir)
Black Betty (Mask Noir) Walter Mosley 9781852423803 Fiction Serpent’s Tail Serpent’s Tail Five years have passed since the White Butterfly Affair, there’s a Kennedy in the White House and Martin Luthe...
Holly Mosley Cooper
Holly Mosley Cooper NONE Holly Mosley Cooper is an accomplished author known for “Confessions of a Reformed Cougar” and “Life is a Precious Gift.” She holds leadership roles at MEM Group and Hi-Tech ...
Keith Mosley
Keith Mosley NONE Keith Mosley is the author of Dying Eyes Don’t Lie about a Chicago detective who uses his shamanic powers to see through the eyes of the dead to solve difficult murder cases. Keith ...
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir Walter Dean Myers 9780063099920 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins A gripping graphic memoir adaptation of legendary, multi-award-winning author Walter Dean Myers’s au...
Walter Benefield
Walter Benefield NONE Walter Benefield, a U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, is an accomplished book reviewer for AALBC.com. His passion for African American Literature and writing is driven by his ...
Walter White
Walter White 0000000081462565 “I am a Negro. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits of my race are nowhere visible upon me.” Explore A.J. Baime's 2022 autobiograp...
Fearless Jones
Fearless Jones Thumper Book Review After 5 years, Walter Mosley has returned to the mystery scene with a new pair of crime solvers for his novel Fearless Jones. It’s as if Mosley had never said...
What Next
What Next Paige Turner Book Review During these times of turmoil between the United States and Iraq the creative community is using the full extent of its powers to offer solutions. Walter Mosley, ...
Charcoal Joe
Charcoal Joe Tony Lindsay Book Review What was refreshingly abundant in Walter Mosley’s Charcoal Joe was Black male characters. From strong Black men to Black men seeking guidance, the reader w...
The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey
The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey Walter Mosley 9781594485503 Fiction Riverhead Hardcover Penguin Random House A masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the true literary icons ...
The Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery
The Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery Walter Mosley 9780451230256 Fiction NAL NAL The widely praised New York Times bestseller, and Mosley’s first new series since his acclaimed Easy Rawlins...
The Tempest Tales
The Tempest Tales Walter Mosley 9781574780437 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Tempest Landry, an everyman African American, is “accidentally” killed by a cop. Denied access to heaven...
Gone Fishin’
Gone Fishin’ Walter Mosley 9780743451758 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. It’s 1939 and Easy and Mouse are young men just setting out in life—Easy has yet to develop his skill fo...
Fearless Jones
Fearless Jones Walter Mosley 9780316592383 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group Mosley returns to mysteries at last with his most engaging hero since Easy Rawlins. When Paris Minton...
Walter E. Massey with Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont
Walter E. Massey with Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont MULTIPLE Walter E. Massey and Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont are renowned authors, known for their insightful writings that span across various fields. Th...
Walter Greason and Danian Darrell Jerry
Walter Greason and Danian Darrell Jerry MULTIPLE Walter Greason, Ph.D. is a renowned US historian, educator, and urbanist with 30 years of speaking experience. Danian Darrell Jerry, MFA, is a writer,...
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Mystery)
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Mystery) Walter Mosley 9780446198226 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group Easy Rawlins is out of the investigation business and as far away from cri...
The Right Mistake
The Right Mistake Thumper Book Review I don't need to ask, what did I do to deserve such good fortune? I stay good. It’s my natural state of being. *LOL* Although I did not ask i...
Timbaland and Veronica Chambers
Timbaland and Veronica Chambers MULTIPLE Timothy Z. Mosley, known as Timbaland, is a renowned music producer, part of hip-hop duo Timbaland & Magoo, and CEO of Mosley Music Group. Veronica Chambers, ...
Every Man a King
Every Man a King Robert Fleming Book Review For those who love the creators of the hard-boiled private dicks from the 1930s such as Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, and Raymond Chandler, Walter Mosley&r...
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret A. J. Baime 9780358447757 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A riveting biography of Walter F. White, ...
The Secret World of Walter Anderson
The Secret World of Walter Anderson Hester Bass 9780763671167 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Enter the fascinating world of reclusive nature-lover Walter Anderson—perhaps the most famous...
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer Troy Johnson Article by Wade Hudson I was stunned when I heard that Walter Dean Myers had made his transition. During the 25 plus years that my w...
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild MULTIPLE Authors Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild are recognized for their indiv...
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers 0000000108718912 Walter Dean Myers, born August 12, 1937, was an award-winning author from Harlem, known for his dedication to children and young adult literature. He received numer...
Walter Milton, Jr. and Joel A. Freeman
Walter Milton, Jr. and Joel A. Freeman MULTIPLE Dr. Walter Milton, Jr., a native of Rochester, NY, holds a Doctorate in leadership and policy. He's a published author, former school superintendent, a...
Walter E. Massey
Walter E. Massey 0000000023739132 Walter E. Massey, born in 1938, is a gifted mathematician and physicist. He was the first African American physics professor at Brown University and served as the Ch...
Walter Greason
Walter Greason NONE Walter Greason is among the most prominent historians, educators, and urbanists in the United States. He has spent the past 30 years speaking to audiences in dozens of states, on ...
Walter Pryor
Walter Pryor NONE Walter Pryor's professional career has spanned a myriad of sectors in the legal arena, having worked in both large and small law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice, Capitol Hill,...
Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel Walter Mosley 9780316573207 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group A dying gangster’s plea sends Joe King Oliver on a quest for a missing ...
One-Shot Harry
One-Shot Harry Gary Phillips 9781641292917 Fiction Soho Crime Soho Crime CrimeReads 10 Novels to Read this Month CrimeReads Most Anticipated Books of 2022 She Reads Most Anticipated Mystery Nove...
Washington, DC Launch of Walter Mosley's Novel: John Woman
Washington, DC Launch of Walter Mosley's Novel: John Woman Book Spotlights
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And Sometimes I Wonder About You: A Leonid Mcgill Mystery (Leonid Mcgill Mysteries)
And Sometimes I Wonder About You: A Leonid Mcgill Mystery (Leonid Mcgill Mysteries) Walter Mosley 9780385539180 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House
Rose Gold
Rose Gold Walter Mosley 9780385535977 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House In this new mystery set in the Patty Hearst era of radical black nationalism and political abductions, a black ex-boxer self-na...
Jack Strong: A Story of Life after Life
Jack Strong: A Story of Life after Life Walter Mosley B00KODDUTQ Fiction Amazon Digital Services Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Dreaming, Jack hears voices: a frightened child in a hospital, a woman ch...
Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore
Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore Walter Mosley 9780385526180 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House In this scorching, mournful, often explicit, and never less than moving literary novel by the famed creator ...
A Conversation with Howard Zinn and Walter Mosley
A Conversation with Howard Zinn and Walter Mosley Author Interviews
All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid Mcgill Mystery)
All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid Mcgill Mystery) Walter Mosley 9781594488245 Fiction Riverhead Hardcover Penguin Random House In the latest and most surprising novel in the bestselling Leonid McGil...
Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers
Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers Otto Penzler 9781605980393 Fiction Pegasus Books Pegasus Books Some of the best-known and most influential pieces of crime ...
The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow
The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow Walter Mosley 9780465005253 Fiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books Living in South Central L.A., Socrates Fortlow i...
Diablerie: A Novel
Diablerie: A Novel Walter Mosley 9781596913974 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing In this icy noir from a master of American fiction, the darkest secrets are the ones we keep hidden from our...
Fear of the Dark: A Novel
Fear of the Dark: A Novel Walter Mosley 9780446617895 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group When his cousin Ulysses S. Grant IV comes knocking, Paris Minton would rather keep the door...