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Victor LaValle

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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.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 35,477 ratings · 6,015 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Ballad of Black Tom 3.90 avg rating — 10,845 ratings — published 2016 — 17 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 3.79 avg rating — 10,340 ratings — published 2017 — 17 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 3.50 avg rating — 3,593 ratings — published 2012 — 10 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 3.35 avg rating — 3,436 ratings — published 2009 — 13 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) 3.83 avg rating — 1,036 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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) 3.97 avg rating — 571 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
	The Ecstatic 3.48 avg rating — 533 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Slapboxing with Jesus 3.74 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1999 — 6 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
	Lucretia and the Kroons 3.57 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Destroyer #1 by Victor LaValle, Dietrich Smith (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 98 ratings	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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Quotes by Victor LaValle

“Nobody ever thinks of himself as a villain, does he? Even monsters hold high opinions of themselves.”
― Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

tags: monsters

63 likes

“Unsupervised reading is a blessing for a certain kind of child”
― Victor LaValle, The Changeling

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“A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you.”
― Victor LaValle, Big Machine

tags: style

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Polls

Poll for October's group read. Which selection would you like to read? This poll will on remain open until September 18. This should give us enough time to purchase/borrow the book in order to start reading on October 1.

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

15 votes 35.7%

Invisible Chains by Michelle Renee Lane

9 votes 21.4%

Within the Shadows by Brandon Massey

8 votes 19.0%

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

5 votes 11.9%

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

3 votes 7.1%

]The Between by Tananarive Due [bookcover:The Between|41534

2 votes 4.8%

42 total votes

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