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Victor LaValle (born February 3, 1972) is an American author who was raised in the Flushing and Rosedale neighborhoods of Queens, New York. He is the author of a short-story collection, Slapboxing with Jesus and two novels, The Ecstatic and Big Machine. LaValle writes fiction primarily, though he has also written essays and book reviews for GQ, Essence Magazine, The Fader, and The Washington Post, among others.

Slapboxing with Jesus was published in 1999 by Vintage Books. The eleven interconnected stories deal mostly with the lives of young black and Latino men living in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection went on to receive wide critical praise. It won the author a PEN/Open Book Award and the Key to Jamaica, Queens.

The Ecstatic was published in 2002 by Crown Publishing Group. The novel continues the story of Anthony James, a character from LaValle's collection of stories. Anthony is a morbidly obese college dropout who may also be experiencing the first signs of schizophrenia. The novel follows the exploits of his family, who are trying their best to save Anthony, but who might be in need of a little saving themselves. The subject matter is dark, and even shocking, but a gallows humor runs throughout. This book received even wider critical acclaim, earning comparisons to writers such as Ken Kesey, Chester Himes, and John Kennedy Toole. In 2003 the novel was a finalist for both the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award.

Big Machine was published in 2009 by Spiegel & Grau. The novel tells the story of Ricky Rice, an ex-junkie survivor of a suicide cult whose life is changed when a mysterious letter arrives summoning him to a remote compound in Vermont. The novel was widely praised upon its release, making many national top ten lists. It also won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel in 2009 and an American Book Award in 2010.

LaValle graduated with a degree in English from Cornell University and a Master of Fine Arts Program of Creative Writing at Columbia University.

LaValle is an Assistant Professor at the Columbia University School of the Arts. He lives in New York with his wife, novelist Emily Raboteau.

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Total Books: 19
WOLVERINE BY BENJAMIN PERCY VOL 8 SABRETOOTH WAR PART 1
2024 - Wolverine By Benjamin Percy Vol 8 Sabretooth War Part 1 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781302954727
ISBN-10: 1302954725
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
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Lone Women A Novel
2024 - Lone Women a Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780525512103
ISBN-10: 0525512101
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Weird Tales 100 Years of Weird
2023 - Weird Tales 100 Years of Weird (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9798200687992
ISBN-10: N/A
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Lone Women
2023 - Lone Women (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780525512080
ISBN-10: 052551208X
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 11

The Ballad of Black Tom
2022 - The Ballad of Black Tom (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781250817556
ISBN-10: 1250817552
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Eve
2022 - Eve (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781684158089
ISBN-10: 1684158087
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1

Fight of the Century Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
The Changeling
2018 - The Changeling (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780812985870
ISBN-10: 0812985877
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 3

Victor LaValle's Destroyer
2018 - Victor Lavalle's Destroyer (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781684150557
ISBN-10: 1684150558
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 4

The Changeling
2017 - The Changeling (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780812995947
ISBN-10: 0812995945
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Horror
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 6

The Ballad of Black Tom
2016 - The Ballad of Black Tom (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780765387868
ISBN-10: 0765387867
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 14

The Devil in Silver A Novel
2013 - The Devil in Silver a Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780812982251
ISBN-10: 0812982258
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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The Devil in Silver
2012 - The Devil in Silver (Hardcover)Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781400069866
ISBN-10: 1400069866
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 8

The Devil in Silver
2012 - The Devil in Silver [Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781611208528
ISBN-10: 1611208521
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
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The Devil in Silver
2012 - The Devil in Silver (Audio CD)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781611208566
ISBN-10: 1611208564
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Big Machine
2011 - Big Machine (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781842433645
ISBN-10: 1842433644
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1

Big Machine A Novel
2010 - Big Machine a Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780385527996
ISBN-10: 0385527993
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 10

Big Machine
2009 - Big Machine (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780385527989
ISBN-10: 0385527985
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
 5

Monster
2004 - Monster (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783406517075
ISBN-10: 3406517072
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