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Charles de Lint
Author of The Mystery of Grace
BIOGRAPHY
(updated February 2010)
Charles de Lint is credited with having pioneered the contemporary fantasy genre. With 68 books published to date (not including foreign editions and reprints), he is known as a master in his field. His ground-breaking 1984 urban fantasy novel, Moonheart, remains in print to this day, as do the majority of his books.
His most recent adult novel is The Mystery of Grace. While most of his fiction has been written for adults, Charles has also penned several books for young adults and a children’s picture book. Two books for middle-grade readers are currently in progress for publisher Little, Brown and Company.
Charles has been aptly described as a romantic, a believer in human potential.
It’s hard not to feel encouraged to be a better person after reading a book by Ottawa’s Charles de Lint. – The Halifax Chronicle Herald
De Lint's greatest skill is his human focus — the mythic elements never overshadow his intimate study of character. To read de Lint is to fall under the spell of a master storyteller, to be reminded of the greatness of life, of the beauty and majesty lurking in shadows and empty doorways. – Quill & Quire
He has won many awards and honours for his fiction, including the World Fantasy Award and the Canadian SF/Fantasy Award (the Aurora). His readers voted eight of his books onto the reader-selected Modern Library Top 100 Books of the Twentieth Century poll, conducted by Random House.
His non-fiction has included book reviews, critical essays, music reviews, opinion columns and entries to encyclopedias. A respected critic in his field, he is the main book reviewer for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. He’s also been a judge for several prominent awards, including the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award and the Bram Stoker Award.
Charles has taught creative writing workshops in Canada and the United States, and served as Writer-in-residence for two public libraries in Ottawa.
A professional musician for over 30 years, Charles writes original songs and performs with his wife, MaryAnn. His main instruments are guitar, flute, fiddle, whistles and vocals, while MaryAnn’s are mandolin, guitar, vocals and percussion.
For more information about Charles de Lint, visit his Web site at www.charlesdelint.com.
AWARDS & HONOURS
• 2009 Finalist, Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, for YA novella Dingo (Viking 2008)
• 2008 New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age, for YA novel Little (Grrl) Lost (Viking 2007)
• Kansas State Reading Circle 2008 Recommended Reading List, for YA novel Little (Grrl) Lost (Viking 2007)
• 2007 Finalist, British Fantasy Award for novel Widdershins (Tor, 2006)
• 2007 Winner, Great Lakes Great Books Award for YA novel The Blue Girl (Viking, 2004)
• 2007 Finalist, Grand Canyon Reader Award, for YA novel The Blue Girl (Viking, 2004)
• 2006 Winner, White Pine Award, Ontario Library Assn. for YA novel The Blue Girl (Viking, 2004)
• 2006 First place, Amazon.com Editors' Picks: Top 10 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2006 for novel Widdershins (Tor, 2006)
• 2005 YALSA Award, Best Books for Young Adults, Young Adult Library Services Assn/American Library Association, for YA novel The Blue Girl (Viking, 2004)
• 2004 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for children’s picture book A Circle of Cats (Viking 2003)
• 2003 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for YA collection Waifs and Strays (Viking 2002)
• 2003 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for novella Seven Wild Sisters (Subterranean Press, 2002)
• 2003 YALSA Award, Best Books for Young Adults, , Young Adult Library Services Assn/American Library Assn., for novella Seven Wild Sisters (Subterranean Press, 2002)
• 2003 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, YALSA, for two-novel omnibus, The Jack of Kinrowan (Tor 1995)
• 2002 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for novel The Onion Girl (Tor 2001)
• 2001 Finalist, Nebula Award, for novel Forests of the Heart (Tor 2000)
• 2001 Finalist, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for novel Forests of the Heart (Tor 2000)
• 2000 Winner, World Fantasy Award, for collection Moonlight and Vines (Tor 1999)
• 1999 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for novel Someplace to be Flying (Tor 1998)
• 1998 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for novel Trader (Tor 1997).
• 1998 YALSA Award, Best Books for Young Adults, Young Adult Library Services Assn/American Library Association, for novel Trader (Tor 1997)
• 1997 Winner, Prix Ozone, Best Foreign Fantasy Short Story, for “Timeskip” (translated as “Comme un disque rayé” in Territoires de l’inquiétude 9, Denoel 1996)
• 1996 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for collection The Ivory and the Horn (Tor 1995)
• 1994 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for collection Dreams Underfoot (Tor 1993)
• 1994 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for short story “The Moon is Drowning While I Sleep” (Snow White, Blood Red, AvoNova 1993)
• 1993 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for omnibus Spiritwalk (Tor 1992)
• 1993 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for novella “Paperjack” (Cheap Street Press,1992)
• 1993 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for short story “Bridges” (Magazine of F&SF, Oct/Nov 1992)
• 1992 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for novel The Little Country (Morrow 1991)
• 1992 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for novella “Our Lady of the Harbour” (Axolotl Press 1991)
• 1992 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for short story “The Conjure Man” (After the King, Tor 1991)
• 1992 Finalist, World Fantasy Award, for short story “Pity the Monsters” (The Ultimate Frankenstein, Dell 1991)
• 1992 Best Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library, for novel The Little Country (Morrow 1991).
• 1992 Winner, HOMer Award, Best Fantasy Novel, CompuServe Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum, for novel The Little Country (Morrow 1991).
• 1991 Finalist, Bram Stoker Award, Horror Writers’ Association, for novelette, “Death Leaves an Echo” (Café Purgatorium, Tor 1991)
• 1991 Winner, Reality 1 Commendations, Best Fantasy Author Award (known as the RICkie), presented by TV Ontario's PRISONERS OF GRAVITY.
• 1989 Winner, Readercon Small Press Award, Best Short Work, for the short story “The Drowned Man's Reel” (Triskell Press 1988).
• 1988 Winner, Canadian SF/Fantasy Award: the Aurora (formerly known as the Casper), Best Work in English, for novel Jack, the Giant-killer (Ace 1987).
• 1984 Winner,William L. Crawford Award, Best New Fantasy Author, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for novel Moonheart (Ace 1984).
• 1982 Winner, Small Press and Artists Organization Award for Fiction.
JUDGE/JURYSHIPS
• Nebula Short Story Awards Jury (1999/2000)
• The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Short Fiction Award Committee (1987-1996)
• The Horror Writers of America Awards Oversight Committee (1993)
• The Nebula Awards Jury (1988)
• The Horror Writers of America Awards Oversight Committee (Chairman; 1987)
• The World Fantasy Awards Committee (1986)
• The William L. Crawford Award Committee (1985)
GUEST OF HONOUR APPEARANCES
• FaerieCon (Baltimore MD, Nov. 2009)
• Mythic Journeys (Atlanta, GA, June 2006)
• The Witching Hour (Salem, MA, Oct. 2004)
• MileHiCon 36, (Lakewood, CO, Oct. 2004)
• Mythic Journeys (Atlanta, GA, June 2004)
• Bubonicon 35 (Albuquerque, NM, Aug. 2003)
• Leprecon 29 (Phoenix, AZ, May 2003)
• International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 24 (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March 2003)
• Windycon 29 (Chicago, IL, Nov. 2002)
• Keycon '01 (Winnipeg, MB, May 2002)
• World Fantasy Convention (Toastmaster: Montreal, QC, November 2001)
• AggieCon 32 (College Station, TX; March 2001)
• ConCat (Knoxville, TN; November 2000)
• WisCon (Madison, WI; May 2000)
• CONduit (Salt Lake City, UT; May 2000)
• Ad Astra (Toronto, ON; February 2000)
• World Fantasy Convention (Providence, RI; November 1999)
• InCon (Spokane, WA; October 1999)
• ICON (Iowa City, IA; October 1998)
• CanCon (Ottawa; May 1996)
• World Horror Convention (Eugene, OR; May 1996)
• Chattacon (Chattanooga, TN; Jan. 1996)
• SoonerCon (Oklahoma City, OK; 1994)
• AggieCon 25 (College Station, TX; 1994)
• V-Con 20 (Vancouver BC, 1993)
• Keycon '90 (Winnipeg, MB; music GoH - with MaryAnn)
• Congenial '90 (Racine, WI)
• Silicon '89 (San Jose, CA)
• ConText '89 (Edmonton, AB)
• Keycon 5/Canvention 8 (Winnipeg, MB; 1988)
• The 17th Annual Conference of the Mythopoeic Society (Long Beach, CA; 1986)
PUBLISHED TITLES
(not including North American or foreign reprints)1. DE GRIJZE ROOS (collection, Exa Belgium, 1983)
2. THE RIDDLE OF THE WREN (novel, Ace, l984)
3. MOONHEART (novel, Ace, l984)
4. THE HARP OF THE GREY ROSE (novel, Starblaze, l985)
5. MULENGRO (novel, Ace, l985)
6. YARROW (novel, Ace, l986)
7. ASCIAN IN ROSE (novella, Axolotl, 1987)
8. JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER (novel, Ace, 1987)
9. GREENMANTLE (novel, Ace, 1988)
10. WOLF MOON (novel, NAL, 1988)
11. SVAHA (novel, Ace, 1989)
12. WESTLIN WIND (novella, Axolotl Press, 1989)
13. THE VALLEY OF THUNDER (novel, Bantam, 1989)
14. BERLIN (novelette, Fourth Avenue Press, 1989)
15. THE HIDDEN CITY (novel, Ace, 1990)
16. THE FAIR IN EMAIN MACHA (novella, Tor, 1990)
17. DRINK DOWN THE MOON (novel, Ace, 1990)
18. GHOSTWOOD (novel, Axolotl Press,1990)
19. ANGEL OF DARKNESS (novel, as Samuel M. Key; Jove, 1990)
20. THE DREAMING PLACE (novel, Atheneum, 1990)
21. THE LITTLE COUNTRY (novel, Morrow, 1991)
22. GHOSTS OF WIND AND SHADOW (novella, Axolotl Press, 1991)
23. UNCLE DOBBIN'S PARROT FAIR (novelet, Pulphouse, 1991)
24. DEATH LEAVES AN ECHO (novella, Tor, 1991)
25. HEDGEWORK AND GUESSERY (collection, Pulphouse, 1991)
26. OUR LADY OF THE HARBOUR (novella, Axolotl, l991)
27. PAPERJACK (novella, Cheap Street Press, l991)
28. SPIRITWALK (collection, Tor, 1992)
29. MERLIN DREAMS IN THE MONDREAM WOOD (short story, Pulphouse, 1992)
30. FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (novel, as Samuel M. Key; Jove, 1992)
31. DREAMS UNDERFOOT (collection, Tor, 1993)
32. THE WISHING WELL (novella, Axolotl Press, 1993)
33. INTO THE GREEN (novel, Tor, 1993)
34. I'LL BE WATCHING YOU (novel, as Samuel M. Key; 1994)
35. THE WILD WOOD (novel, Bantam, 1994)
36. MEMORY AND DREAM (novel, Tor, 1994)
37. THE IVORY AND THE HORN (collection, Tor, 1995)
38. JACK OF KINROWAN (omnibus, Orb, 1995)
39. TRADER (novel, Tor, 1996)
40. SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING (novel, Tor, 1998)
41. MOONLIGHT AND VINES (collection, Tor, 1999)
42. THE NEWFORD STORIES (collection, Science Fiction Book Club, 1999)
43. THE BUFFALO MAN (chapbook, Subterranean Press, 1999)
44. FORESTS OF THE HEART (novel, Tor, June 2000)
45. TRISKELL TALES: 22 YEARS OF CHAPBOOKS (collection, Subterranean Press, October 2000)
46. THE ROAD TO LISDOONVARNA (mystery novel, Subterranean Press, June 2001)
47. THE ONION GIRL (novel, Tor, October 2001)
48. SEVEN WILD SISTERS (novel, illustrated by Charles Vess, Subterranean Press, Spring 2002)
49. WAIFS AND STRAYS (young adult collection, Viking, September 2002)
50. TAPPING THE DREAM TREE (“Newford” collection, Tor, November 2002)
51. A HANDFUL OF COPPERS (collection, Subterranean Press, 2003)
52. A CIRCLE OF CATS (picture book, illustrated by Charles Vess, Viking, June 2003)
53. SPIRITS IN THE WIRES (novel, Tor, August 2003)
54. MEDICINE ROAD (novel, illustrated by Charles Vess, Subterranean Press, 2003)
55. THE BLUE GIRL (young adult novel, Viking, 2004)
56. QUICKSILVER & SHADOW (collection, Subterranean Press, 2005)
57. THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN (collection, Subterranean Press, 2005)
58. MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE (chapbook, Subterranean Press, 2006)
59. TRISKELL TALES: 2 (collection, Subterranean Press, May 2006)
60. WIDDERSHINS (novel, Tor, May 2006)
61. LITTLE (GRRL) LOST (young adult novel, Viking, September 2007)
62. PROMISES TO KEEP (novel, Subterranean Press, September 2007)
63. DINGO (young adult novella, Viking, March 2008)
64. WHAT THE MOUSE FOUND (children’s collection, Subterranean Press, July 2008)
65. YELLOW DOG (chapbook, Subterranean Press, July 2008)
66. WOODS & WATERS WILD (collection, Subterranean Press, 2008)
67. THE MYSTERY OF GRACE (novel, Tor, March 2009)
68. MUSE AND REVERIE (collection, Tor, December 2009)
FORTHCOMING:
EYES LIKE LEAVES (early work, 1980 novel, Subterranean Press, 2010)
THE VERY BEST OF CHARLES DE LINT (collection, Tachyon Publications, May 2010)
THE PAINTED BOY (young adult novel, Viking, fall 2010)
UNTITLED (middle-grade novel, Little, Brown and Company, unscheduled)
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