Walter Mosley
<DIV><B>Walter Mosley</B> is one of America's most celebrated and beloved writers. A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, he has won numerous awards, including the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA's Lifetime Achievement Award, and several NAACP Image Awards. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. His short fiction has appeared in a wide array of publications, including <I>The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, Los Angeles Times Magazine,</I> and <I>Playboy,</I> and his nonfiction has been published in <I>The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek,</I> and <I>The Nation</I>. He is the author of, most recently, <I>Down the River unto the Sea</I>. He lives in New York City.</DIV>