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Victor LaValle

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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: 3.81 · 49,085 ratings · 8,212 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Ballad of Black Tom 3.90 avg rating — 16,344 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 — 13,560 ratings — published 2017 — 20 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 3.53 avg rating — 4,196 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Big Machine 3.37 avg rating — 3,688 ratings — published 2009 — 14 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) 3.81 avg rating — 1,859 ratings — published 2019	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 — 1,014 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 — 576 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 — 433 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 3.61 avg rating — 346 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) 4.11 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2017	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

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“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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October 2017 - Fantasy

The Changeling by Victor LaValle, 448p

16 votes, 55.2%

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, 676p

6 votes, 20.7%

Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer, 336p

3 votes, 10.3%

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft, 361p

2 votes, 6.9%

Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny, 216p

1 vote, 3.4%

Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw, 320p

1 vote, 3.4%

29 total votes

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