Victor LaValle

Victor LaValle (2017)

Victor LaValle (born February 3, 1972 ) is an American writer of novels and short stories .

He has received two Shirley Jackson Awards. In 2018 he won the World Fantasy Award (Best Novel) and the British Fantasy Award (Best Horror Novel ) for The Changeling .

Life

According to his own account, he grew up in Queens and lives in Washington Heights (New York City) . He is an associate professor at Columbia University . LaValle is married to Emily Raboteau and has two children with her.

Works

Short story collection

• Slapboxing with Jesus: Stories . Vintage. 1999. ISBN 978-0-375-70590-8 .

Novels

• Monster . CH Beck. 2004. ISBN 978-3-406-51707-5 . Original title: The Ecstatic . Crown. 2002. ISBN 978-0-609-61014-5 .
• Big machine . Mirror & gray. 2009. ISBN 978-0-385-52798-9 .
• The Devil in Silver . Mirror & gray. 2012. ISBN 978-1-4000-6986-6 .
• Lucretia and the Kroons (Ebook) 2012. ISBN 978-0-8129-8437-8 .
• The Ballad of Black Tom . Goal. 2016. ISBN 978-0-7653-8786-8 .
• The changing . Mirror & gray. 2017. ISBN 978-0-8129-9594-7 .

Short stories

• I Left My Heart in Skaftafell (2004)
• The Angel of Loneliness (2008)
• Killcrop (2013)
• Lone Women (2014)
• Spectral Evidence (2017)
• Daddy (2018)
• Ark of Light (2018)
• Up from Slavery (2019)

essay

• 'Long Distance'. Granta (110: sex). Spring 2010.

Comic

Destroyer. BOOM! Studios. 2018. ISBN 978-1-68415-055-7 .

Web links

Commons : Victor LaValle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage (English)
• Victor LaValle - Interview ( Youtube )
• Profile at Columbia University (English)
• Victor LaValle in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summary Bibliography: Victor LaValle. In: Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved December 10, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Victor LaValle: Victor LaValle - Biography. In: http://www.victorlavalle.com/ . Retrieved December 9, 2019 : “He was raised in Queens, New York. He now lives in Washington Heights with his wife and kids. " 
3. ^ Mensah Demary: "Here's to the Weird": An Interview with Victor LaValle. Specter, October 19, 2013, accessed on December 13, 2019 (English): "He is also a father of two, husband to writer Emily Raboteau ..."