Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Victor LaValle

Born: February 3, 1972 (age 53)
Bio: Victor LaValle is an American author who was raised in the Flushing and Rosedale neighborhoods of Queens, New York. He is the author of a short-story collection, Slapboxing with Jesus and three novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine and The Devil in Silver.
Known for:
- Big Machine (2009)
- The Devil in Silver (2012)
- Slapboxing with Jesus: Stories (1999)
- The Ecstatic (2002)
- Lucretia and the Kroons (Novella) (2012)