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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.
 

Awards: WFA (2018)  see all

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
 
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Books 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
2018 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement
1988 Aurora Award for Best Novel : Jack the Giant Killer

Award nominations
2017 Aurora Award for Best of the Decade (nominee) : The Onion Girl
2004 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Circle of Cats
2003 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Seven Wild Sisters
2003 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Waifs and Strays
2003 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Seven Wild Sisters
2003 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Waifs and Strays
2002 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Onion Girl
2002 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Onion Girl
2001 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Forests of the Heart
2001 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Forests of the Heart
2001 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Triskell Tales: 22 Years of Chapbooks
2000 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Forests of the Heart
2000 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Moonlight and Vines
2000 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Moonlight and Vines
1999 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Someplace to Be Flying
1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Someplace to Be Flying
1999 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Someplace to Be Flying
1999 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : China Doll
1999 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Someplace to Be Flying
1999 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Someplace to Be Flying
1998 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Trader
1998 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Trader
1998 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Trader
1998 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Trader
1996 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Ivory and the Horn
1996 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Ivory and the Horn
1995 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Memory and Dream
1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep
1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Dreams Underfoot
1994 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Dreams Underfoot
1993 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Bridges
1993 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Paperjack
1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Pity the Monsters
1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Conjure Man
1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Our Lady of the Harbour [short story]
1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Little Country
1992 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Our Lady of the Harbour
1992 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Little Country
1992 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Death Leaves an Echo
1992 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Little Country
1991 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Ghostwood
1991 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Drink Down the Moon
1991 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (nominee) : Death Leaves an Echo
1989 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Greenmantle
1988 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair
1987 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Yarrow
1987 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Yarrow
1986 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Mulengro
1986 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Mulengro
1985 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : Moonheart
1985 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Riddle of the Wren
1985 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Moonheart


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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