Ex-Wife’s Claim to Books Published After Divorce Found ‘Ambiguous’

March 7, 2008

Divorce may have severed Joy Kellman's personal relationship with writer Walter Mosley more than six years ago, but she'll get a chance in court to prove that contractual ties still bind her to fictional detective Easy Rawlins and other characters created by her ex-husband. Kellman maintains she is entitled to 25 percent of the income generated by the widely acclaimed Easy Rawlins series -- whether the books were written before or after the marriage ended.