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Charles de Lint


(Charles Henri Diederick Hoefsmit de Lint)
Canada (b.1951)

aka Samuel M Key

Charles de Lint is a full-time writer and musician who makes his home in Ottawa, Canada. This author of more than seventy adult, young adult, and children’s books has won the World Fantasy, Aurora, Sunburst, and White Pine awards, among others. Modern Library's Top 100 Books of the 20th Century poll, voted on by readers, put eight of de Lint's books among the top 100. De Lint is also a poet, artist, songwriter, performer and folklorist, and he writes a monthly book-review column for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
 

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy
 
Series
Moonheart
   Moonheart (1984)
   Ascian in Rose (1987)
   Westlin Wind (1989)
   Ghostwood (1990)
   Spiritwalk (1992)
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Newford
   Paperjack (1990)
   1. Dreams Underfoot (1993)
   2. Memory and Dream (1994)
   3. The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
   4. Trader (1997)
   5. Someplace to Be Flying (1998)
   6. Moonlight and Vines (1999)
   7. Forests of the Heart (2000)
   8. The Onion Girl (2001)
   9. Tapping the Dream Tree (2002)
   10. Spirits in the Wires (2003)
   11. Widdershins (2006)
   12. Promises to Keep (2007)
   13. Muse and Reverie (2009)
   14. The Dreaming Place (1990)
   The Wishing Well (1993)
   15. The Blue Girl (2004)
   16. Little (Grrl) Lost (2007)
   17. Dingo (2008)
   18. The Cats of Tanglewood Forest (2013)
   19. Seven Wild Sisters (2002)
   20. Medicine Road (2004)
   The Hour Before Dawn (2005)
   Newford Stories: Crow Girls (2015)
   21. Juniper Wiles (2021)
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Wildlings
   1. Under My Skin (2012)
   2. Over My Head (2013)
   3. Out Of This World (2014)
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Novels
   The Riddle of the Wren (1984)
   Mulengro (1985)
   Yarrow (1986)
   Greenmantle (1988)
   Wolf Moon (1988)
   Svaha (1989)
   Angel of Darkness (1990) (as by Samuel M Key)
   The Little Country (1991)
   Uncle Dobbins Parrot Fair (1991)
   From a Whisper to a Scream (1992) (as by Samuel M Key)
   Into the Green (1993)
   I'll Be Watching You (1994) (as by Samuel M Key)
   The Buffalo Man (1999)
   Road to Lisdoonvarna (2001)
   The Mystery of Grace (2009)
   Eyes Like Leaves (2009)
   The Painted Boy (2010)
   Jodi and the Witch of Bodbury (2014)
   The Wind in His Heart (2017)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Timeskip (1989)
   Berlin (1989)
   Our Lady of the Harbour (1991)
   The Forest Is Crying (1994)
   Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night (1995)
   Yellow Dog (2008)
   Old Man Crow (2008)
   The Butter Spirit's Tithe (2012)
   Companions to the Moon (2012)
   Crow Roads (2012)
   Dharma (2012)
   That Was Radio Clash (2012)
   Dog Boys (2012)
   Jack in the Green (2012)
   Riding Shotgun (2015)
   Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box (2016)
   Horsepower & Medicine (2019)
   Barrio Girls (2019)
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Picture Books show
 
Chapter Books show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Charles de Lint recommends
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Hex of the Witch (2023)
(Other Witch, book 1)
Heather G Harris
"Heather Harris is hands down one of my favourite writers. I love everything about her books and am just a little bit jealous of anyone who gets to read her for the first time."
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The Tangleroot Palace (2021)
Marjorie M Liu
"This is a superb collection from start to finish. Mysterious, beautiful and strange, harsh and charming, it fires the emotional palate."
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Finding Baba Yaga (2018)
Jane Yolen
"This is a Worm Ouroboros of a story, the old made new, the new made old, metaphors rubbing shoulders with painful truths. A book-length poem, Finding Baba Yaga is no gimmick but rather the only way the story could be told to deliver the impact that it does."

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Anthologies containing stories by Charles de Lint
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Mythic Journeys (2019)
Myths and Legends Retold
edited by
Paula Guran
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Beyond the Woods (2016)
Fairy Tales Retold
edited by
Paula Guran

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Awards
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1985) : Moonheart
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1992) : Death Leaves an Echo
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1992) : The Conjure Man
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1992) : The Little Country
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1992) : Our Lady of the Harbour [short story]
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1992) : Pity the Monsters
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1993) : Bridges
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1993) : Paperjack
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1994) : Dreams Underfoot
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1994) : The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1996) : The Ivory and the Horn
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1997) : Trader
British Fantasy Society Best Short Story nominee (1998) : China Doll
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1998) : Someplace to Be Flying
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1998) : Someplace to Be Flying
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1998) : Trader
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1998) : Trader
British Fantasy Society Best Short Story nominee (1999) : If I Close My Eyes Forever
British Fantasy Society Best Short Story nominee (1999) : In the Land of the Unforgiven
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1999) : Someplace to Be Flying
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (2001) : Forests of the Heart
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2001) : Forests of the Heart
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (2002) : The Onion Girl
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (2003) : Waifs and Strays


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