Victor LaValle
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Emerging from the diverse neighborhoods of Queens, New York, Victor LaValle grew up with a Ugandan immigrant mother, attended Woodmere Academy, earned an English degree at Cornell and completed an MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia, where he later joined the faculty. His debut collection, Slapboxing with Jesus, garnered critical praise, a PEN Open Book Award and a key to Jamaica, Queens, while hi…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
