Victor LaValle

Victor LaValle (born February 3, 1972) is an American author. He is the author of a short-story collection, ''Slapboxing with Jesus'', and five novels, ''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 writes fiction primarily, though he has also written essays and book reviews for ''GQ'', ''Essence Magazine'', ''The Fader'', and ''The Washington Post'', among other publications. Provided by Wikipedia