Walter Mosley

White Butterfly

Easy Rawlins investigates serial murders in Los Angeles's Black neighborhoods

About the author

Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley created Easy Rawlins, one of crime fiction's most important and politically resonant protagonists, an African-American PI navigating racism in postwar Los Angeles. His novels illuminate Black experience in America while delivering compelling detective fiction. He is also a celebrated essayist and playwright, and has received the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.

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