Victor LaValle
Born 3 February 1972
From New York City, New York, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction
Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, five novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Lone Women, and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom. He is also the creator and writer of two comic books Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Eve.
His novel, The Changeling, has been adapted for Apple TV+ and is streaming now.
He adapted his novel, The Devil in Silver, for AMC and served as its creator and showrunner.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, Whiting Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Shirley Jackson Award, American Book Award, and the key to Southeast Queens.
He lives in the Bronx with his wife, the writer Emily Raboteau, and their kids. He serves as the Chair of the Graduate Writing Program at Columbia University.
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Books by Victor LaValle in order
Books by Victor LaValle in the order they were published, from Slapboxing with Jesus (1999) to SABRETOOTH and the EXILES (2023).
- 1Slapboxing with Jesus
Slapboxing with Jesus1999 - 2The Ecstatic, or, Homunculus
The Ecstatic, or, Homunculus2002 - 3Big Machine
Big Machine2009 - 4The Devil in Silver
The Devil in Silver2012 - 5Ballad of Black Tom
Ballad of Black Tom2016 - 6The Changeling
The Changeling2017 - 7Victor Lavalle's Destroyer
Victor Lavalle's Destroyer2018 - 8Eve
Eve2022 - 9Sabretooth
Sabretooth2022 - 10Lone Women
Lone Women2023 - 11SABRETOOTH and the EXILES
SABRETOOTH and the EXILES2023