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Victor LaValle

Writing

Born February 3, 1972 · New York City, New York, USA

Awards & recognition

  • August Derleth AwardBest Horror Novel · 2018
  • Locus AwardBest Horror Novel · 2018
  • World Fantasy AwardBest Novel · 2018
  • British Fantasy AwardBest Novella · 2017
  • Shirley Jackson AwardNovella · 2016
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  • American Book Awards · 2010
  • Ernest J. Gaines AwardLiterary Excellence · 2010
  • Shirley Jackson Award · 2009
  • Shirley Jackson AwardNovel · 2009
  • Whiting Awards · 2004
  • Bram Stoker AwardBest Graphic Novel
  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Grand Prix de l'ImaginaireBest Foreign Novel · 2025 · nominated
  • Locus AwardBest Horror Novel · 2024 · nominated
  • Bram Stoker AwardNovel · 2023 · nominated
  • Locus AwardBest Short Story · 2022 · nominated
  • Ignyte AwardBest Anthology/Collected Works · 2020 · nominated
  • Locus AwardBest Anthology · 2020 · nominated
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy AwardAdult Literature · 2018 · nominated
  • Hugo AwardBest Novella · 2017 · nominated
  • Locus AwardBest Novella · 2017 · nominated
  • Nebula AwardBest Novella · 2017 · nominated
  • Theodore Sturgeon Award · 2017 · nominated
  • World Fantasy AwardBest Novella · 2017 · nominated

Filmography4 titles