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Victor LaValle

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Queens, New York City, New York, The United States

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http://www.victorlavalle.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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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: 3.75 · 135,644 ratings · 21,755 reviews · 138 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lone Women 3.69 avg rating — 36,892 ratings — published 2023 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ballad of Black Tom 3.82 avg rating — 34,643 ratings — published 2016 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Changeling 3.76 avg rating — 27,924 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil in Silver 3.54 avg rating — 7,423 ratings — published 2012 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Machine 3.40 avg rating — 4,571 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Travel the Spaceways (Black Stars, #6) 3.89 avg rating — 2,886 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers by Victor LaValle (Editor), John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 2,858 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Victor LaValle's Destroyer by Victor LaValle, Dietrich Smith (Illustrations) 3.87 avg rating — 1,881 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eve by Victor LaValle, Jo Mi-Gyeong (Illustrator), Brittany Peer (Colorist) 3.90 avg rating — 706 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ecstatic 3.46 avg rating — 767 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Victor LaValle's Destroyer (6 books)
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Victor LaValle,

Micaela Dawn (Cover Art),

Dietrich Smith (Artist)

3.92 avg rating — 2,404 ratings

Eve (Single Issues) (5 books)
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Victor LaValle,

Jo Mi-Gyeong (Penciller)

3.96 avg rating — 1,210 ratings

Eve (2 books)
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Victor LaValle,

Jo Mi-Gyeong (Illustrator),

Brittany Peer (Colorist),

AndWorld Design (Letterer)

3.85 avg rating — 790 ratings

Sabretooth (2022) (5 books)
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Victor LaValle,

Ryan Stegman (Cover Art),

Leonard Kirk (Artist)

3.65 avg rating — 816 ratings

Sabretooth by Victor LaValle (2 books)
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Victor LaValle,

Leonard Kirk (Artist),

Rain Beredo (Colorist),

Cory Petit (Letterer)

3.42 avg rating — 765 ratings

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The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip

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The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

24 votes, 45.3%

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