--- name: "Walter Mosley" canonical: "https://film.one/person/walter-mosley" fi1m_id: "walter-mosley" imdb_id: "nm0608859" tmdb_id: 56011 wikidata_id: "Q188117" roles: ["Writer"] born: "12 January 1952" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "writer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-24T19:40:49.366712+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Walter Mosley ## Identity Walter Mosley - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/walter-mosley - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** walter-mosley - **IMDb ID:** nm0608859 - **TMDB ID:** 56011 - **Wikidata ID:** Q188117 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mosley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608859/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56011 Writer. Born 12 January 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 12 January 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA - **Active:** 1993–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2010s 91 (1), 2020s 80 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mosley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608859/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56011 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Lowdown*](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Walter Mosley is an American novelist and screenwriter. He was born on 12 January 1952 in Los Angeles, California. Mosley is best known for his Easy Rawlins series of historical crime novels, beginning with *Devil in a Blue Dress* (1990). His other notable works include the teleplays for *Snowfall* (2017) and the novel and screenplay for *The Man in My Basement* (2025). He wrote an episode of the series *The Lowdown* (2025) and provided the story for an episode of *Fallen Angels* (1993). In 2020 Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these - *The Lowdown* (2025), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md) - *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *O.J.: Made in America* (2016), Fi1m 91, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/o-j-made-in-america.md) ## Complete filmography (10) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Lowdown* (2025), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md) - *The Man in My Basement* (2025), Novel, Screenplay - *Justified: City Primeval* (2023), series, Consulting Producer - *The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Novel, Creator - *Snowfall* (2017), series, Writer, Teleplay - *The Manchurian Candidate* (2004), as Congressman Rawlins - *The Middle Passage* (2000), Dialogue - *Always Outnumbered* (1998), Executive Producer, Novel, Teleplay - *Devil in a Blue Dress* (1995), Novel, Associate Producer - *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Story — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md) ## Gallery - ![Walter Mosley BookCon 2018 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.](https://film.one/media/person/673796/gallery-366dca603b50.jpg) Walter Mosley BookCon 2018 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Walter_Mosley_%2821672%29.jpg/1280px-Walter_Mosley_%2821672%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Walter Mosley](https://film.one/media/person/673796/gallery-1c73a38bd1de.jpg) Walter Mosley — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Walter_Mosley_%2821972%29.jpg/1280px-Walter_Mosley_%2821972%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 10 won, 9 nominated - Cartier Diamond Dagger 2023: Cartier Diamond Dagger (won) - Edgar Awards 2019: Edgar Awards (won) - Langston Hughes Medal 2014: Langston Hughes Medal (won) - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2014: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (nominated) - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2010: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (won) - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2009: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (nominated) - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2008: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (won) - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2007: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (nominated), for *Fortunate Son* - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2006: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (nominated) - Nero Award 2004: Nero Award (won) - Hammett Prize 2002: Hammett Prize (nominated) - Locus Award for Best Collection 2002: Locus Award for Best Collection (nominated), for *Futureland* - Locus Award for Best Short Story 2002: Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominated), for *Little Brother* - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 2002: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (nominated) - Grammy Award for Best Album Notes 2001: Grammy Award for Best Album Notes (won), for *...And It's Deep Too!* - Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 1998: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (won), for *Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned* - Hammett Prize 1992: Hammett Prize (nominated) - CWA New Blood Dagger 1991: CWA New Blood Dagger (won), for *Devil in a Blue Dress* - Shamus Award 1991: Shamus Award (won), for *Devil in a Blue Dress* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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