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Victor LaValle


Born
Queens, New York City, New York, The United States
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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories


Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, and The Changeling and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom. He is also the creator and writer of a comic book Victor LaValle's DESTROYER.

He has been the recipient of numerous awards including a Whiting Writers' Award, a United States Artists Ford Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Shirley Jackson Award, an American Book Award, and the key to Southeast Queens.

He was raised in Queens, New York. He now lives in Washington Heights with his wife and kids. He teaches at Columbia University.

He can be kind of hard to reach, but he still loves you. ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 130,415 ratings · 20,965 reviews · 135 distinct works • Similar authors
Lone Women
3.70 avg rating — 35,003 ratings — published 2023 — 15 editions
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The Ballad of Black Tom
3.84 avg rating — 32,984 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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The Changeling
3.77 avg rating — 27,132 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions
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The Devil in Silver
3.54 avg rating — 7,224 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions
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Big Machine
3.40 avg rating — 4,503 ratings — published 2010 — 22 editions
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We Travel the Spaceways (Bl...
3.90 avg rating — 2,833 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions
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A People's Future of the Un...
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Victor LaValle's Destroyer
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The Ecstatic
3.46 avg rating — 758 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions
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Series by Victor LaValle

Victor LaValle's Destroyer #1 Victor LaValle's Destroyer #2 Victor LaValle's Destroyer #3 Victor LaValle's Destroyer #4 Victor LaValle's Destroyer #5 Victor LaValle's Destroyer #6
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Eve #1 Eve #2 Eve #3 Eve #4 Eve #5
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Eve Eve: Children of the Moon
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Sabretooth (2022) #1 Sabretooth (2022) #2 Sabretooth (2022) #3 Sabretooth (2022) #4 Sabretooth (2022) #5
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“Nobody ever thinks of himself as a villain, does he? Even monsters hold high opinions of themselves.”
― Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom
tags: monsters
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“Unsupervised reading is a blessing for a certain kind of child”
― Victor LaValle, The Changeling
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“A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you.”
― Victor LaValle, Big Machine
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