Meet the author for an evening celebrating his distinguished career and the release of Gray Dawn\, the latest instal lment in the Easy Rawlins series. Copies will be available for purchase an d signing\, starting at 6:00PM.
\nIn this thrilling mystery from "master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley (National Book Foundati on)\, Detective Easy Rawlins has settled into the happy rhythm of his new life when a dark siren from his past returns and threatens to destroy the peace he's fought for.
\nThe name Easy Rawlins stirs excite
ment in the hearts of readers and fear in the hearts of his foes. His succ
ess has bought him a thriving detective agency\, with its first female det
ective\; a remote home\, shared with children and pets and lovers\, high a
top the hills overlooking gritty Los Angeles\; and more trouble\, more pro
blems\, and more threat to those whom he loves. In other words\, he&rsquo\
;s still beset on all sides.
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A number of below-the-law p
owerbrokers plead with Easy to locate a mysterious\, dangerous woman&mdash
\;Lutisha James\, though she&rsquo\;s gone by another name that Easy will
immediately recognize. 1970s Los Angeles is a transient city of delicate\,
violent balances\, and Lutisha has disturbed that. She also has a secret
that will upend Easy&rsquo\;s own life\, painfully closer to home.
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\nWalter Mosley is the autho r of 60 critically-acclaimed books of fiction including the upcoming Easy Rawlins novel\, Gray Dawn\; as well as works of nonfiction\, memoir\, and plays. His work has been translated into 25 languages. From the first nove l he published\, Devil in a Blue Dress with protagonist Easy Rawlins\, Mos ley&rsquo\;s work has explored the lives of Black men and women in America &mdash\;past\, present\, and future. He has had several of his books adapt ed for film and tv including Devil in a Blue Dress\, Always Outnumbered\, Always Outgunned\, and the Apple TV+ production of The Last Days of Ptolem y Grey starring Samuel Jackson. His short fiction and nonfiction essays ha ve been published in a wide range of outlets including the New York Times\ , the Los Angeles Times\, and The Nation. He is also a writer and an execu tive producer on the John Singleton FX show\, Snowfall and filming has jus t completed on the adaptation of Man in My Basement\, starring Willem Dafo e and Corey Hawkins.
\nHe is the winner of numerous awards\, includi ng an O. Henry Award\, The Mystery Writers of America&rsquo\;s Grand Maste r Award\, a Grammy\, several NAACP Image awards\, and PEN America&rsquo\;s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020 he was named the recipient of the Rob ert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement from the Los Angeles Times Festi val of Books and was awarded the Distinguished Contribution to American Le tters Award from the National Book Foundation.
\nIn 1998\, Mosley an d the City College of New York (CCNY) created The Publishing Certificate P rogram. Created to address the critical issue of diversity in the book pub lishing industry\, the program brings together the rich variety of racial\ , ethnic\, and cultural experiences of the students of CCNY with professio nals in the industry who provide courses in core principles and skills nee ded to begin careers in the book industry.
\nBorn and raised in Los Angeles\, Mosley now lives in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
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