Charles de Lint





Charles de Lint

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December 22, 1951

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Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a World Fantasy Award winning author. In 1974 he met MaryAnn Harris, and married her in 1980.

Along with writers like Terri Windling and John Crowley, de Lint popularized in the 1980s the genre of urban fantasy, most notably through the Bordeland series of books. His fantasy fiction is described under the fantasy sub-genres Urban Fantasy, contemporary Magical Realism, and Mythic Fiction .

De Lint writes novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, and lyrics. His most famous works include: The Newford series of books (Dreams Underfoot, Widdershins, The Blue Girl, The Onion Girl, Moonlight and Vines, Someplace to be Flying etc.), as well as Moonheart, The Mystery of Grace, The Painted Boy and A Circle...more


Average rating: 3.98 · 94,462 ratings · 4,990 reviews · 256 distinct works · Similar authors
The Blue Girl (Newford, #15)
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 5,664 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
The Onion Girl (Newford, #11)
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 4,296 ratings — published 2001 — 18 editions
Dreams Underfoot (Newford, #1)
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 4,020 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions
Someplace to Be Flying (New...
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 3,341 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
Moonheart
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 3,063 ratings — published 1984 — 18 editions
Memory and Dream (Newford, #5)
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 2,809 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions
Widdershins (Newford, #16)
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 2,516 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions
Forests of the Heart (Newfo...
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 2,297 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions
The Little Country
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 2,341 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions
Jack of Kinrowan: Jack the ...
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 2,250 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions
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Dreams Underfoot The Dreaming Place From a Whisper to a Scream I'll Be Watching You Memory and Dream The Ivory and the Horn Trader
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4.066994271039115 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 40,496 ratings
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3.948717948717949 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 156 ratings

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“Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.”
Charles de Lint, Moonheart

“I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don't want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic.”
Charles de Lint

“We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on. Not forever, perhaps, but for a time. It's a kind of immortality, I suppose, bounded by limits, it's true, but then so's everything.”
Charles de Lint

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