Did you make it to the Brooklyn Book Festival last Sunday? The lineup included some of the biggest names in the literary world and a special award was bestowed on Walter Mosley:

The 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival Best of Brooklyn Inc. (BoBi) award recipient will be Brooklynite Walter Mosley, one of the most versatile and admired writers in America today. Widely recognized for his crime and detective fiction, he is the author of more than 29 books, including his bestselling series featuring the hard-boiled detective, Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into 21 languages and includes literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel.

The New York Times has more. You can catch Mosley at the Y in November for the Afternoon Night Table Series, hosted by Roger Rosenblatt.