Charles Willeford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Willeford

American crime novelist

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1919

Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1988

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, novelist, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Charles Ray Willeford III (January 2, 1919 – March 27, 1988) was an American writer.
An author of fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism, Willeford is best known for his series of novels featuring hardboiled detective Hoke Moseley.
Willeford published steadily from the 1940s, but vaulted to wider attention with 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 three of Willeford's novels: Cockfighter, Miami Blues, and The Woman Chaser.