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Walter Mosley

American novelist (born 1952)
Person human Q188117

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[29]
Date of birth
January 12, 1952
Place of birth
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
film producer, novelist, writer, screenwriter, playwright, science fiction writer, children's writer, actor, crime fiction writer[10][11][12][13]
Educated at
City College of New York, Goddard College, Johnson State College, Alexander Hamilton High School[14][15][16][17]
Award received
CWA New Blood Dagger, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, Nero Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, Langston Hughes Medal, Cartier Diamond Dagger, Edgar Awards, Shamus Award[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Official website
www.waltermosley.com[32]
Nominated for
Hammett Prize, Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, Hammett Prize, Locus Award for Best Short Story, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction, Locus Award for Best Collection[34][35][36][37][38]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[39]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction[33]
Family name
Mosley[30]
Given name
Walter[31]
Has works in the collection
Photography Collection, Print Collection
Influenced by
Dashiell Hammett[28]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[27]
Native language
English[9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New York Public Library
P14750
14E9-F3E8-A4A8-507D-0C82
Start of work period
1990[40]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Walter Ellis Mosley en Walter Mosley ar والتر موسلي es Walter Ellis Mosley he ולטר מוזלי ja ウォルター・モズリイ ko 월터 모즐리 ko 월터 엘리스 모즐리 ru Уолтер Мосли uk Волтер Мослі uk Мослі Волтер zh 沃尔特·莫斯利 zh-hant 沃爾特·莫斯利
🔖 Identifiers · 92
ISNI
0000000114370035
VIAF cluster ID
4979209
Library of Congress authority ID
n88221921
GND ID
115769234
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Walter mosley 2014.jpg ↗
Awards & Winners artist ID
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BBC Things ID
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Babelio author ID
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Bibliopoche author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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BlackPast.org ID
african-american-history/mosley-walter-1952
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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Show all 92 identifiers +80
C-SPAN person numeric ID
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C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
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CBDB.cz author ID
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CONOR.BG ID
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CONOR.SR ID
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Central Library of Volos authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
115769234
Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID
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Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
mosley_walter
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
258653
Fantastic Fiction author ID
m/walter-mosley
Film.ru person ID
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Freebase ID
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GCD creator ID
55009
Goodreads author ID
20850
Grammy Awards artist ID
walter-mosley, walter-mosley/11200
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
walter-mosley
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Walter_Mosley
Harper's tag
walter-mosley
Hoopla artist ID
363498463
IMDb ID
nm0608859
ISFDB author ID
6613
IdRef ID
030713544
Instagram username
waltermosley_official
Internet Book Database of Fiction writer ID
3686
Invaluable.com person ID
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Kallías ID
PE00084478
Kinobox person ID
87543
Levadia Library ID
59de6bd221c0c8f86d48aa34
Lex ID
Walter_Mosley
LibraryThing author ID
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LittleSis people ID
182966
Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
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MYmovies person ID
205954
Marvel Comics creators ID
14226
Municipal Library of Trikala ID
89172
MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA06347747
NDL Authority ID
00471962
NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
jn20001005625
NLA Trove people ID
1112906
NLP ID
a0000001120038
NUKAT ID
n97023688
National Library of Greece ID
266292
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007265642305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200608839
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810586595605606
National Library of Portugal ID
98528
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1028082
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
087199777
Notable Names Database ID
614/000062428
Obálky knih ID
jn20001005625
Open Library ID
OL6627289A, OL6814292A, OL3154806A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100211834
PORT person ID
149259
Penguin Random House author ID
21423
Perlentaucher ID
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Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
3326
Podchaser creator ID
107aITkeKS
Prabook ID
217741
Quora topic ID
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SNAC ARK ID
w6bv8qvg
SVKKL authority ID
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Sinemalar person ID
810034
TMDB person ID
56011
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
12513
The Paris Review interviewee ID
6939
Tor.com author ID
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Unz Review author ID
MosleyWalter
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
22017
WikiTree person ID
Mosley-1212
WorldCat Entities ID
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Worlds Without End author ID
3127
Yale LUX ID
person/79df9ff7-d70e-4137-a695-88a93b686ad5
ČSFD person ID
206728

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 8
actor, writer, playwright, screenwriter, film producer, novelist, children's writer, science fiction writer
Award received 6
Edgar Awards, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Cartier Diamond Dagger, Shamus Award, CWA New Blood Dagger, Nero Award
Nominated for 3
Hammett Prize, Hammett Prize, Locus Award for Best Short Story
Educated at 2
City College of New York, Johnson State College
← Winner 2
CWA New Blood Dagger, Nero Award
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Mosley
Given name 1
Walter
Influenced by 1
Dashiell Hammett
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Los Angeles
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Cast member 1
The Manchurian Candidate
← FactGrid item ID 1
Norrfors
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Summary

Walter Mosley was born on January 12, 1952[1], in Los Angeles[2]. He has worked as a film producer[3], novelist[4], writer[5], screenwriter[6], and playwright[7].

FAQs

Where was Walter Mosley born?

Walter Mosley's place of birth was Los Angeles[2].

What did Walter Mosley do for work?

Walter Mosley worked as a film producer[3], novelist[4], writer[5], screenwriter[6], and playwright[7].

Where did Walter Mosley go to school?

Walter Mosley was educated at City College of New York[14], Goddard College[15], Johnson State College[16], and Alexander Hamilton High School[17].

What awards did Walter Mosley receive?

Honors received include CWA New Blood Dagger[18], Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards[19], Grammy Award for Best Album Notes[20], and Nero Award[21].

Related Entities

Dashiell Hammett Johnson State College Los Angeles The Manchurian Candidate United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JSTOR. Retrieved . articles.latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . prx.org. prx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Open Library. Retrieved . washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . movieinsider.com. movieinsider.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . edgarawards.com. edgarawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . privateeyewriters.com. privateeyewriters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → walter-mosley
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  6. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0090299-Mosley-Walter-1952
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