The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, a six-episode miniseries based on the novel by Walter Mosley, recently ran on Apple TV+, with Samuel L. Jackson starring as the titular Ptolemy, a 91-year-old man with dementia who is given the opportunity to remember his past at great cost. In a lucid frenzy, Ptolemy discovers deadly secrets from his long life. The cast also includes Dominique Fishback, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Damon Gupton, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Walton Goggins and Omar Miller. Mosley adapted the script from his book and served as executive producer alongside Jackson and Mosley's producing partner Diane Houslin. The series has an 87% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
While he has also written science fiction and children's books, Walter Mosley is best known for his crime fiction, particularly the series starring Black private investigator Easy Rawlins--beginning with Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) through Blood Grove (2021). His other series include Fearless Jones, Leonid McGill, Socrates Fortlow and Crosstown to Oblivion. Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2020 and is also the author of several plays, works of nonfiction and television scripts. The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey is available in paperback from Riverhead Books ($17).
