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Walter Mosley

1952 - Today

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Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California; they are perhaps his most popular works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Mosley has received more than 941,954 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Mosley is the 6,105th most popular writer (down from 5,460th in 2019), the 12,799th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,745th in 2019) and the 942nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 940k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Mosley ranks 6,105 out of 5,755. Before him are Philip Levine, Michal Viewegh, Hugh MacDiarmid, Helle Helle, Ken Levine, and Dimitris Lyacos. After him are Judith Hermann, Gayle Forman, Justin Cronin, Alex Hirsch, Boris Izaguirre, and Michael Arndt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Walter Mosley ranks 626. Before him are Marco Aurélio, Walter Murphy, Magdalena Álvarez, Harry Anderson, Sherrod Brown, and Michael Brook. After him are Faye Kellerman, Parveen Shakir, Takako Shirai, Wendy Turnbull, Mark C. Lee, and Howie Hawkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Mosley ranks 12,799 out of 18,182. Before him are Christopher Abbott (1986), Lucille Bremer (1917), Raven-Symoné (1985), Ken Levine (1966), Patricia Roberts Harris (1924), and Larry Evans (1932). After him are Janet Mills (1947), Bobby Henderson (1980), Gōtoku Sakai (1991), Jack Mulhall (1887), Kyle Lowry (1986), and Liam Aiken (1990).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Walter Mosley ranks 942. Before him are Dan Barker (1949), Nat Hentoff (1925), Terrence McNally (1938), George Clayton Johnson (1929), Philip Levine (1928), and Ken Levine (1966). After him are Gayle Forman (1970), Justin Cronin (1962), Alex Hirsch (1985), Michael Arndt (1970), Faye Kellerman (1952), and Brené Brown (1965).

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