Biography
Charles Ray Willeford III (January 2, 1919 β March 27, 1988) was an American writer. An author of fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism. Willeford wrote a series of novels featuring hardboiled detective Hoke Moseley. Willeford published steadily from the 1940s on, but vaulted to wider attention with the first Hoke Moseley book, Miami Blues (1984), which is considered one of its era's most influential works of crime fiction. Film adaptations have been made of four of Willeford's novels: Cockfighter, Miami Blues, The Woman Chaser, and The Burnt Orange Heresy.
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1919-01-02
Deathday1988-03-27 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceLittle Rock, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsBronze Star Medal, Silver Star, Purple Heart
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