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Author Walter Mosley at the Buena Vista Library

September 16, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Easy Rawlins is back! Walter Mosley is launching his book tour in Burbank with a conversation alongside fellow L.A. crime fiction writer Steph Cha.
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Meet the author for an evening celebrating his distinguished career and the release of Gray Dawn, the latest installment in the Easy Rawlins series. Copies will be available for purchase and signing, starting at 6:00PM.

In this thrilling mystery from “master of craft and narrative” Walter Mosley (National Book Foundation), 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.

Walter Mosley is the author 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 novel he published, Devil in a Blue Dress with protagonist Easy Rawlins, Mosley’s work has explored the lives of Black men and women in America—past, present, and future. He has had several of his books adapted for film and tv including Devil in a Blue Dress, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, and the Apple TV+ production of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey starring Samuel Jackson. His short fiction and nonfiction essays have 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 executive producer on the John Singleton FX show, Snowfall and filming has just completed on the adaptation of Man in My Basement, starring Willem Dafoe and Corey Hawkins.

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