Charles de Lint





Charles de Lint

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December 22, 1951 in Bussum, Netherlands

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Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a World Fantasy Award winning author and is multi-talented in the following;

- Author of Mythic Fiction and Urban Fantasy (novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, and lyrics) and essayist/critic/folklorists (writes book reviews for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/dcharlesdel...).

- Music (plays multi-able instruments and sings and writes his own songs, together with wife MaryAnn - In 2011, de Lint released his first CD, Old Blue Truck)

He loves to paint and draw as well...

He's also been a judge for the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award and the Bram Stoker Award. De Lint has taught creative writing workshops in Canada and the...more


Average rating: 3.97 · 64,722 ratings · 3,753 reviews · 222 distinct works
The Blue Girl (Newford, #15)
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 3,971 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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The Onion Girl (Newford, #11)
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 3,156 ratings — published 2001 — 17 editions
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Dreams Underfoot (Newford, #1)
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 2,668 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions
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Someplace to Be Flying (New...
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 2,270 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
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Moonheart
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 2,224 ratings — published 1984 — 15 editions
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Memory and Dream (Newford, #5)
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 2,069 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions
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Widdershins (Newford, #16)
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,859 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions
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Forests of the Heart (Newfo...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,733 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions
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The Little Country
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,731 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions
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Jack of Kinrowan: Jack the ...
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,598 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions
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More books by Charles de Lint…
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
Newford (24 books)
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4.049145445809596 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 29,138 ratings
Under My Skin
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3.8974358974358974 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 39 ratings

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“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

“Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.”
Charles de Lint

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