Victor LaValle is the author of six previous works of fiction. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Book Award, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Key to Southeast Queens. He lives in New York with his wife and children and teaches at Columbia University. @victorlavalle | victorlavalle.com
If the literary gods mixed together Haruki Murakami and Ralph Ellison . . . the result would be Victor LaValle -- ANTHONY DOERR, author of All the Light We Cannot See A mesmerising, monumental work -- MARLON JAMES, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings [A] genre-defying, achingly literate phantasmagoria of a novel -- PAUL BEATTY, author of The Sellout This punchy cocktail of modern parenting and ancient magic taps into contemporary unease and age-old fears . . . LaValle hooks the reader deep into his increasingly eldritch thriller * * Guardian * * If monsters are your subject, writing like an angel helps -- Jennifer Senior * * New York Times * * Absolutely compelling, completely thrilling, The Changeling overflows with menace, wonder and beauty -- KELLY LINK I say this without exaggeration: it's a masterpiece -- MAT JOHNSON LaValle's haunting tale weaves a mesmerising web -- Janet Maslin * * New York Times * * LaValle's bewitching masterpiece * * USA Today * * A dark, shape-shifting, unpredictable beast, best enjoyed as a series of surprises . . . The Changeling is dazzling, exciting and rather beautiful * * Big Issue * *