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Walter Mosley, author of the notable titles like 'Devil in a Blue Dress,' 'Black Betty,' and 'White Butterfly' talks about his new book 'Fortunate Son'
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Opening Lines -- An Excerpt From the Book
THOMAS BEERMAN was born with a hole in his lung. Because of this birth defect, he spent the first six months of his life in the intensive care unit at Helmutt-Briggs, a hospital in West Los Angeles. The doctors told his mother, Branwyn, that most likely he would not survive. "Newborns with this kind of disorder, removed from the physical love of their mothers, often wither," kind-eyed Dr. Mason Settler told her.
Five Facts
Here are five things you should know about Walter Mosley.
1. Mosley has written over 23 novels.
2. Spike Lee's 1995 film 'Devil in a Blue Dress' was based on Mosley's book of the same name.
3. Mosley doesn't write aobut race, he writes "about Black male heroes."
4. Mosley is African American and Jewish.
5. Bill Clinton named Moseley as one of his favorite authors.