Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle is the author of eight works of fiction: five novels, two novellas, and a collection of short stories. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, an American Book Award, two Bram Stoker Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Key to Southeast Queens. His novels have been included in best-of-the-year lists by the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Nation and Publishers Weekly, among others. The Devil in Silver is soon to be a major TV series. He lives in the Bronx with his wife and kids and teaches at Columbia University.