Novelist Walter Mosley paid a visit to Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium on March 4 to present a talk entitled “The Literary Life.” During his lecture, he offered the audience a peek into his life as a writer, one he called “an adventurous, exciting life.” He described himself as very passionate about his art and, as he put it, “there’s nothing I’d rather be doing more than writing.” He is best known as the author of the Easy Rawlins series of detective novels, among them Devil in a Blue Dress, Six Easy Pieces, and his latest, Little Scarlet. Mosley, who depicts the African American experience through the eyes of ordinary men, also spoke of the importance of “bearing witness,” and appealed to his audience “to tell one truth per day—large or small,” as a means of improving the world. His first children’s book, 47, will be published in April. Mosley’s visit was sponsored by the Michelin Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series.