Victor LaValle
Writing 1998
Associate Professor, Writing
Concentration Head, Fiction
Victor LaValle’s most recent novel is The Changeling. It has been named one of the 10 Best Books of 2017 by Time Magazine and USA Today and was a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle and more. He is also the author is Slapboxing with Jesus, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, and The Ballad of Black Tom. He is also the writer/creator of a comic book, Destroyer. His awards include the Whiting Writers Award, a USA Ford Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Shirley Jackson Award and a British World Fantasy Award among others.
News
New Generation of Writers of Color Reckon with H.P. Lovecraft's Racism
August 12, 2020
The Takeaway speaks with two of the acclaimed authors who have worked to reclaim Lovecraft’s work for women and people of color. Victor Lavalle is the author of The Changeling, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of Mexican Gothic.
'The Changeling' by Victor Lavalle '98 Among Best Books of the Year
'The Changeling' by Victor Lavalle '98 Among Best Books of the Year
December 28, 2017It has landed on Time magazine’s "The Top 10 Novels of 2017," USA Today’s "10 books we loved reading in 2017," and The New York Times Book Review’s "100 Notable Books of 2017."
read moreColumbia to Appear at Brooklyn Book Festival
Columbia to Appear at Brooklyn Book Festival
September 13, 2017More than a dozen School of the Arts alumni and faculty members will appear at this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival, which takes place from Mon., Sept. 11 to Sun., Sept. 17.
read moreVictor LaValle Nominated for Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards
Victor LaValle Nominated for Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards
March 6, 2017Victor LaValle, an associate professor in the Writing Program, has been nominated for both a 2016 Nebula Award and 2016 Bram Stoker Award for his novel The Ballad of Black Tom.
read moreVictor LaValle to Publish Frankenstein-inspired Comic Series
Victor LaValle to Publish Frankenstein-inspired Comic Series
February 28, 2017Boom! Studios, a publisher of comics and graphic novels, announced that Victor LaValle ‘98, an alumnus and faculty member of the Writing Program, will write a new monthly comic series, Destroyer. He will collaborate on the project with artist Dietrich Smith.
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