57. Walter Mosley in Conversation

The name Easy Rawlins stirs excitement in the hearts of readers and fear in the hearts of his foes. Multi-award-winning author Walter Mosley’s iconic detective has thrilled readers, while the series has continually delivered sharp social and racial commentary since 1990. In Gray Dawn, the series’ latest gritty installment, Rawlins has settled into the happy rhythm of his life in Los Angeles when a dangerous woman from his past returns to disturb this newfound balance. Don’t miss hearing from a pioneer of the crime-fiction genre. As an esteemed non-fiction author, Mosley will also discuss his essay in the new anthology California Rewritten, edited by John Freeman, who will interview him on-stage.

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John Freeman

JOHN FREEMAN has hosted Alta‘s California Book Club since its founding in 2020. He is an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf, and he edited Freeman’s (2015–2023), a literary annual of new writing. His books include How to Read a Novelist and Dictionary of the Undoing, as well as the anthologies Tales of Two Americas, Tales of Two Planets, The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, and Sacramento Noir. He is also the author of three poetry collections, Maps, The Park, and Wind, Trees. His work is translated into more than twenty languages, and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The New York Times. The former editor of Granta, he lives in New York.

Walter Mosley

WALTER MOSLEY is one of America’s most celebrated writers. He was given the 2020 National Book Award’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, a PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award, Robert Kirsch Award, numerous Edgars, and several NAACP Image Awards.