They are dedicated to helping African American youth by providing scholarships and mentoring. consists of a group of leading African American men from various professional backgrounds including business, government, education, medicine, law, finance, technology, sales, real estate, engineering and public affairs. The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. His first novel, Hold It ‘Til It Hurts, was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction and Welcome to Braggsville was selected as one of Huffington Post ’s most eagerly-awaited novels for 2015. in language, literacy, and culture from UC Berkeley. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and his M.A. We hope you’ll join us to celebrate an incredible writer whose works are all about finding a deeper truth in a divided country.īorn and raised in New Orleans, T. He is an American classic, revered among his contemporaries in crime writing and imbued with a cutting intellect and an incredible compassion for a community whose history he carries with him. In addition to his hugely popular Easy Rawlins series, he has also written numerous novels about Leonid McGill, Fearless Jones and Socrates Fortlaw, as well as social criticism, science fiction, plays and graphic novels. Walter Mosley is one of the most acclaimed and prolific writers of our time.

Joe’s friend’s son, who is top of his class at Stanford, has been charged with the murder of a white man proving the young man’s innocence could be a tall order even for Easy. Things go awry why Easy’s friend Mouse introduces him to old Rufus Tyler, known as Charcoal Joe. Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins is in flux, about to get married and starting a new detective agency. His latest novel, Charcoal Joe, picks up where Rose Gold left off in Los Angeles in the late 1960s.

It is, joyfully, one of the seminal events of my life.' When told of the honor, Mosley said, 'Receiving the Grand Master Award is the apex of my career as a crime writer as a writer. This is a fantastic time for the author to meet his fans, having just been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Kepler’s is honored to host legendary novelist Walter Mosley for his latest Easy Rawlins novel, Charcoal Joe.

Little Green by Walter Mosley