Victor LaValle is the author of seven works of fiction including The Ballad of Black Tom, which is a finalist for a Nebula Award, a Hugo Award, a Bram Stoker Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Award. His latest novel, The Changeling, was released in June 2017. His other books have won the American Book Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Key to Southeast Queens. He teaches at Columbia University and lives in New York City with his wife and kids.