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.
March 07, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Divorce may have severed Joy Kellman’s personal relationship with writer Walter Mosley more than six years ago, but she will 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 Easy Rawlins series — whether the books were written before or after the marriage ended.
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