Victor LaValle

Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection *Slapboxing with Jesus, five novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Lone Women, and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom. He is also the creator and writer of two comic books Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Eve*. His novel, *The Changeling*, has been adapted for Apple TV+ and is streaming now. He adapted his novel, *The Devil in Silver*, for AMC and served as its creator and showrunner. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, Whiting Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Shirley Jackson Award, American Book Award, and the key to Southeast Queens. He lives in the Bronx with his wife, the writer Emily Raboteau, and their kids. He serves as the Chair of the Graduate Writing Program at Columbia University. Photo Emily Raboteau