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About Victor LaValle
American author
Victor LaValle is an American author of fiction. He is known for his short-story collection Slapboxing with Jesus and novels including 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. LaValle also writes essays and book reviews, and his work has appeared in GQ, Essence, The Fader, and The Washington Post. Raised in Queens, New York, he holds degrees from Cornell University and Columbia University.
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