Walter Mosley is the author of 60 critically-acclaimed books, translated into 25 languages. He has had several of his books adapted for film and tv including Devil in a Blue Dress, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, and The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey starring Samuel Jackson. He was a writer and an executive producer on the John Singleton FX show, “Snowfall” and filming has just completed on his “Man in My Basement,” starring Willem Dafoe and Corey Hawkins.

He is the winner of an O. Henry Award, The Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, a Grammy®, several NAACP Image awards, PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and the Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award from the National Book Foundation.

In 1998, Mosley and the City University of New York created The Publishing Certificate Program. Created to address the critical issue of diversity in the book publishing industry, the program brings together the rich variety of racial, ethnic and cultural experiences of the students of CCNY with professionals in the industry who provide courses in core principles and skills needed to begin careers in the book industry.

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Mentioned in the Podcast:

Crime Writers of Color: https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/

City College of New York Publishing Certificate Program: https://english.ccny.cuny.edu/publishing-certificate-program/

Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Crime Writers of Color: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/EleanorTaylorBland

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