Victor LaValle is the author of a story collection, four novels, and two novellas. His 2016 novella, The Ballad of Black Tom, won a Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Nebula Awards. His most recent novel is The Changeling, which has won a Dragon Award. He is also the writer and creator of a comic book, Victor LaValle’s Destroyer. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Book Award, and a Whiting Award, among other honors. He teaches at Columbia University and lives in New York City with his wife and two kids.