Friends Author Series: An Evening with Walter Mosley, Author of Hanging and Burning at the Ferguson Library

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT

Ferguson Libray Main Branch, 1 Public Library Plaza, Stamford · Stamford, CT

About this event

A Friends Author Series event with bestselling crime fiction author Walter Mosley, who will discuss his latest novel Hanging and Burning . In Mosley’s book, a dying gangster’s plea sends Joe King Oliver on a quest for a missing woman across America’s coasts, unraveling a dark and violent family history along the way . The conversation will be moderated by Greg Wands. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; reception begins at 6 p.m. Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books. Ticket purchase and registration required. Tickets are $10 for Friends Members; $15 for the general public. Walter Mosley is one of the nation’s most celebrated writers. He is a recipient of the 2020 National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, and honored with the Anisfield-Wolf, Grammy, PEN USA Lifetime Achievement, the Robert Kirsch, Edgar and NAACP Image awards. Mosley’s work has been translated into 25 languages and he’s published fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker , Playboy , and The Nation . As an executive producer, he adapted his novel The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey for Apple TV+. and co-wrote the adaptation of his novel The Man in My Basement for Hulu. Mosley also served as a writer and executive producer for the FX series Snowfall . He divides his time between Brooklyn, NY, and Santa Monica, CA. For more information

Event details

Date and time

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT

Venue

Ferguson Libray Main Branch, 1 Public Library Plaza, Stamford · Stamford, CT

Category

Books & reading

Cost

Cost not stated

Age guidance

Age guidance not specified

Format

In person

Last verified

October 8, 2026

Accessibility

Wheelchair: Not stated

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