Victor LaValle
Biography
Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection SLAPBOXING WITH JESUS; the novels THE ECSTATIC, BIG MACHINE, THE DEVIL IN SILVER, THE CHANGELING and LONE WOMEN; and the novellas LUCRETIA AND THE KROONS and THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM. He is also the creator and writer of two comic books: Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Eve.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, Whiting Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Shirley Jackson Award, 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.
Victor LaValle