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When it comes to the word prolific, Walter Mosley fits right in. He\\u2019s written about 60 books. His latest is the sci-fi novella\\xa0Touched. Mosley\\u2019s first work of crime fiction,\\xa0Devil in a Blue Dress, features the character of a\\xa0black private detective\\xa0named Easy Rawlins who lives in the Watts\\xa0neighborhood of LA. It\\xa0was made into a film starring Denzel Washington. Mosley was also brought up in LA with a Jewish mother and an African American father.\\xa0Growing up as an only child, Mosley has said his\\xa0writing imagination might come from an emptiness in his childhood that he filled up with fantasies. It\'s a question we explore in this episode of \\u201cNow What?\\u201d which is produced with the help of Steve Zimmer, Lucy Little and Patrick McAndrew. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta.