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Walter Mosley


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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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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.
—TheWashington Post

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Average rating: 3.92 · 188,601 ratings · 20,128 reviews · 159 distinct worksSimilar authors
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy...

3.87 avg rating — 28,611 ratings — published 1990 — 106 editions
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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

4.14 avg rating — 8,905 ratings — published 2010 — 23 editions
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Down the River Unto the Sea...

3.73 avg rating — 8,143 ratings — published 2018 — 22 editions
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A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)

3.96 avg rating — 5,926 ratings — published 1991 — 67 editions
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Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)

4.08 avg rating — 5,468 ratings — published 1994 — 71 editions
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The Long Fall (Leonid McGil...

3.78 avg rating — 5,382 ratings — published 2009 — 45 editions
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The Man in My Basement

3.70 avg rating — 5,480 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions
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White Butterfly (Easy Rawli...

4.04 avg rating — 4,924 ratings — published 1992 — 50 editions
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Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlin...

4.07 avg rating — 4,744 ratings — published 2004 — 62 editions
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Always Outnumbered, Always ...

4.18 avg rating — 4,355 ratings — published 1997 — 39 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
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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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