Walter Mosley
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Walter Mosley is an acclaimed American novelist best known for his crime fiction, particularly the Easy Rawlins series, and for his significant contributions to contemporary African American literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Mosley canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5293197 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Walter Mosley Context triple: [Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award, hasRecipient, Walter Mosley]
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Timothy Mosley
Timothy Mosley, better known as Timbaland, is an influential American record producer, rapper, and songwriter renowned for his innovative, genre-shaping work in hip-hop and R&B.
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B.
Charles Fuller
Charles Fuller was an American playwright best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning drama "A Soldier’s Play," which was later adapted into the film "A Soldier’s Story."
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C.
James Ellroy
James Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer renowned for his dark, intricately plotted L.A. Quartet novels and his stylized, staccato prose.
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D.
Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is a bestselling American crime fiction author best known for his Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series.
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E.
Dr. Goines
Dr. Goines is a key scientist in the film "12 Monkeys" whose research and actions are central to the movie’s time-travel and viral-outbreak storyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Mosley Target entity description: Walter Mosley is an acclaimed American novelist best known for his crime fiction, particularly the Easy Rawlins series, and for his significant contributions to contemporary African American literature.
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A.
Timothy Mosley
Timothy Mosley, better known as Timbaland, is an influential American record producer, rapper, and songwriter renowned for his innovative, genre-shaping work in hip-hop and R&B.
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B.
Charles Fuller
Charles Fuller was an American playwright best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning drama "A Soldier’s Play," which was later adapted into the film "A Soldier’s Story."
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C.
James Ellroy
James Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer renowned for his dark, intricately plotted L.A. Quartet novels and his stylized, staccato prose.
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D.
Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is a bestselling American crime fiction author best known for his Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series.
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E.
Dr. Goines
Dr. Goines is a key scientist in the film "12 Monkeys" whose research and actions are central to the movie’s time-travel and viral-outbreak storyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American writer
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
NERFINISHED
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NAACP Image Award NERFINISHED ⓘ O. Henry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-01-12 ⓘ |
| education | City College of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Writers Guild of America (former board member) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| familyName | Mosley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
crime fiction
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literature ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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crime fiction ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Devil in a Blue Dress (1995 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chester Himes
NERFINISHED
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Dashiell Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary African-American literature ⓘ |
| name | Walter Mosley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first African-American man to receive the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Easy Rawlins series
NERFINISHED
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Fearless Jones series NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonid McGill series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
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A Little Yellow Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ A Red Death NERFINISHED ⓘ All I Did Was Shoot My Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned NERFINISHED ⓘ And Sometimes I Wonder About You NERFINISHED ⓘ Bad Boy Brawly Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Betty NERFINISHED ⓘ Blonde Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ Blood Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Charcoal Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ Cinnamon Kiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Devil in a Blue Dress NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear Itself NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear of the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ Fearless Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Fortunate Son NERFINISHED ⓘ Futureland NERFINISHED ⓘ Gone Fishin' NERFINISHED ⓘ Known to Evil NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Scarlet NERFINISHED ⓘ RL's Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Easy Pieces NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ The Long Fall NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man in My Basement NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tempest Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ Walkin' the Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ When the Thrill Is Gone NERFINISHED ⓘ White Butterfly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walter Mosley Description of subject: Walter Mosley is an acclaimed American novelist best known for his crime fiction, particularly the Easy Rawlins series, and for his significant contributions to contemporary African American literature.
Referenced by (3)
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