Walter Mosley's Birthday

Walter Mosley was born January 12, 1952. He is a prominent African-American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. His series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator and World War II veteran living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, is perhaps his most popular work. Mosley has written over twenty books in a variety of genres, including non-mystery fiction, science fiction and non-fiction politics, and has been translated into 21 languages. Two of his books have been made into films or television specials; his first published book, Devil in a Blue Dress, became a 1995 movie starring Denzel Washington. Mosley holds an honorary doctorate from The City College and has served on the board of directors of the National Book Awards. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he now lives in New York City.

Books:

Easy Rawlins mysteries:

Devil in a Blue Dress (1990)
A Red Death (1991)
White Butterfly (1992)
Black Betty (1994)
A Little Yellow Dog (1996)
Gone Fishin' (1997)
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (2002)
Six Easy Pieces (2003)
Little Scarlet (2004)
Cinnamon Kiss (2005)

Other Fiction:

RL's Dream (1995)
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1997)
Blue Light (1998)
Walkin' the Dog (1999)
Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World (2001)
Fearless Jones (2001)
Fear Itself (2003)
The Man in My Basement (2004)
47 (2005)

Nonfiction:

Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking off the Dead Hand of History (2000)
What Next: An African American Initiative Toward World Peace (2003)

I've read 8 of his books so far.