Victor LaValle
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1972 · age 54
Victor LaValle is an American author. He is the author of a short-story collection, Slapboxing with Jesus, and five novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Lone Women. His fantasy-horror novella The Ballad of Black Tom won the 2016 Shirley Jackson Award for best novella.
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LaValle writes primarily fiction, though he has also written essays and book reviews for GQ, Essence, The Fader, and The Washington Post.
