Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)