Victor LaValle, author portrait
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Victor LaValle

Victor LaValle is the author of six previous works of fiction: three novels, two novellas, and a collection of short stories. His novels have been included in best-of-the-year lists by The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Nation, and Publishers Weekly, among others. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Book Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Key to Southeast Queens. He lives in New York City with his wife and kids and teaches at Columbia University.
Lone Women
The Changeling
Ancient History
The Devil in Silver
Lucretia and the Kroons (Novella)
Big Machine
The Ecstatic
Slapboxing with Jesus

Books

Lone Women
The Changeling
Ancient History
The Devil in Silver
Lucretia and the Kroons (Novella)
Big Machine
The Ecstatic
Slapboxing with Jesus

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