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Charles de Lint<ref name="Webmaster">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian writer and musician.

Primarily a writer of fantasy fiction, he has composed works of urban fantasy, contemporary magical realism, and mythic fiction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Along with authors like Terri Windling, Emma Bull, and John Crowley, de Lint during the 1980s pioneered and popularized the subgenre of urban fantasy. He writes novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, and lyrics. His most famous works include:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Newford series of books (Dreams Underfoot, Widdershins, The Blue Girl, The Onion Girl, Moonlight and Vines, Someplace to be Flying, etc.), as well as Moonheart, The Mystery of Grace, The Painted Boy, and A Circle of Cats (children's book illustrated by Charles Vess). His distinctive style of fantasy uses American folklore and European folklore; de Lint was influenced by many authors of mythology, folklore, and science fiction, including<ref name="Webmaster"/> J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord Dunsany, William Morris, Mervyn Peake, James Branch Cabell, and E. R. Eddison. Some of his mythic fiction poetry can be found online on the Endicott Studio website.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As an essayist, critic, and folklorist, he writes book reviews for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, has judged several literary awards, and has been a writer-in-residence for two public libraries.

Personal lifeEdit

Charles de Lint was born in 1951 in Bussum, in North Holland in the Netherlands. His family emigrated to Canada when he was four months old. He grew up in Canada, as well as overseas, but has lived in Ottawa since he was age eleven.

In 1974 he met MaryAnn Harris,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and they married in 1980. They lived in Ottawa. Harris was first editor of de Lint's fiction and also his business manager.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

MaryAnn Harris was hospitalized on September 6, 2021 for a rare and debilitating tick-borne virus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On his author Facebook page, de Lint announced that MaryAnn passed away as a result of the disease on June 3, 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her obituary noted that she had been de Lint's inspiration, co-musician, first editor, business manager, and artist for many of his published works. The Bruyère Foundation was suggested for memorial donations made in her name as well as to other causes that were important to her, including groups devoted to aiding youth, Indigenous peoples, animal shelters, and the environment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

During his late twenties to early thirties, de Lint worked in a record store and played with a Celtic musical band during weekends.<ref name="oxford">John Robert Colombo "de Lint, Charles" The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Eugene Benson and William Toye. Oxford University Press 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. York University. October 25, 2011 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t201.e374 Template:Webarchive></ref>

WritingEdit

Charles de Lint started writing in 1983 and has been a full-time writer ever since, publishing about forty books between 1984 and 1997, and 71 books (excluding foreign editions and reprints), in total, thus gaining a reputation as a prolific master of fantasy.

Charles de Lint was one of the contributors to the 1984 Citybook II: Port O' Call role-playing game supplement from Flying Buffalo.<ref name="designers">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="HW">Template:Cite book</ref>

He published three horror novels using the pseudonym Samuel M. Key<ref name="oxford"/> which have subsequently been reprinted by Orb Books as by Charles de Lint. He has also published a children's book, A Circle of Cats, illustrated by artist Charles Vess.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Style and settingsEdit

His main genre, that of contemporary fantasy, which combines the real world with the "otherworld", allows the co-existence of the natural and the supernatural. This has been termed a metaphor for the lack of indigenous folklore in most of Canada living side-by-side with the living oral traditions of the Native Americans.<ref name="lawrence">Steven, Lawrence. "Welwyn Wilton Katz and Charles de Lint: New Fantasy as a Canadian Post-colonial Genre." Worlds of Wonder: Readings in Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. Ed. Jean-François Leroux and Camille R. La Bossière. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2004. 57–72. Print.</ref> De Lint, however, draws upon not only North American Aboriginal culture, but also the folklore of other cultures. For example, his novel, Moonheart, uses elements of both Native American and Welsh folklore.<ref name="lawrence"/>

Many of his early books are set in Ottawa, while others (1990–2009) have been set mainly in his fictional North American city of Newford,<ref name="oxford"/> inspired by de Lint's favourite aspects of various North American cities. A regular set of characters are used in many different books. More recently, de Lint published an adult novel, The Mystery of Grace (Tor 2009), set in his fictional Southwestern US town, Santa de Vado Viejo, as was his most recent young adult novel, The Painted Boy (Viking 2010).

RecognitionEdit

De Lint has received many awards, including the 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection for Moonlight and Vines, the Ontario Library Association's White Pine Award, as well as the Great Lakes Great Books Award for his young adult novel The Blue Girl (Viking, 2004). In 1988 he won the Canadian SF/Fantasy Award, the Casper (now known as the Aurora) for his novel Jack, the Giant-killer (Ace 1987). His novel Widdershins (Tor, 2006) won first place, Amazon.com Editors' Picks: Top 10 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2006.<ref name="sfsite3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His 1984 urban fantasy novel, Moonheart, was a best-selling trade paperback for Tor's Orb line. It has been described as a thriller, detective mystery, and otherworld mythic fantasy.<ref name="lawrence"/>

Other literary workEdit

In addition to being the author of numerous novels and short stories, de Lint is also a poet, folklorist, and critic. His poetry can be found online in the Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts. He has taught creative writing workshops in Canada and the United States, and was writer‑in‑residence for two public libraries in Ottawa. He has also written original songs; his main instruments are flute, fiddle, whistles, vocals, and guitar. In 2011, de Lint released his first CD, Old Blue Truck<ref name="sfsite3"/> De Lint has also been a judge for the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, and the Bram Stoker Award.

Music and artEdit

De Lint plays folk, Irish, and Celtic music with his wife MaryAnn; at one time playing at a local pub, and most recently doing concerts at FaerieWorlds and FaerieCon West in Seattle. He plays multiple instruments and sings and writes his own songs. In 2011 de Lint released his first album, Old Blue Truck,<ref name="sfsite">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which was released alongside his wife MaryAnn Harris's album, Crow Girls <ref name="sfsite2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in which he also contributes.

AwardsEdit

Work Year & Award Category Result Ref.
The Fane of the Grey Rose 1980 Balrog Awards Short Fiction Template:Nominated <ref>https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?8+1980</ref>
Dragonfields 1981 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional Template:Nominated
1981 Balrog Awards Amatur Achievement Template:Nominated <ref>https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?8+1981</ref>
A Patten of Silver Strings 1983 Balrog Awards Short Fiction Template:Nominated <ref>https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?8+1983</ref>
The Riddle of the Wren 1985 Locus Award First Novel Template:Nominated <ref>https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards</ref>
Moonheart 1985 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
1985 Mythopoeic Awards Fantasy Template:Nominated
1985 Crawford Award Template:Won
Mulengro 1986 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
1986 Aurora Awards Novel Template:Nominated
Yarrow 1987 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
1987 Aurora Awards Novel Template:Nominated
Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair 1988 Locus Award Novelette Template:Nominated
Jack, the Giant Killer 1988 Aurora Awards Novel Template:Won
Greenmantle 1989 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
The Drowned Man's Reef' 1989 Readercon Awards Short Work Template:Won <ref>https://www.sfadb.com/Readercon_Awards_1989</ref>
Ghostwood 1991 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
Drink Down the Moon 1991 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
The Fair in Emain Matcha 1991 Aurora Awards Short Fiction Template:Nominated
Freewheeling 1991 Aurora Awards Short Fiction Template:Nominated
Death Leaves an Echo 1991 Bram Stoker Award Long Fiction Template:Nominated
The Little Country 1991 HOMer Award Fantasy Novel Template:Won <ref>https://www.sfadb.com/HOMer_Awards_1992</ref>
1992 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
1992 Aurora Awards Novel Template:Nominated
1992 World Fantasy Award Novel Template:Nominated
1994 Mythopoeic Awards Fantasy Template:Nominated
1994 Premio Ignotus Foreign Novel Template:Nominated
Our Lady of the Harbour 1992 Locus Award Novella Template:Nominated
1992 World Fantasy Award Novella Template:Nominated
Raven Sings a Medicine Way, Coyote Steals the Pollen 1992 Aurora Awards Short Fiction Template:Nominated
The Conjure Man 1992 World Fantasy Award Short Fiction Template:Nominated
Pity the Monsters 1992 World Fantasy Award Short Fiction Template:Nominated
Bridges 1993 World Fantasy Award Short Fiction Template:Nominated
Spiritwalk 1993 World Fantasy Award Collection Template:Nominated
Paperjack 1993 World Fantasy Award Novella Template:Nominated
The Bone Woman 1994 Locus Award Short Story Template:Nominated
Dreams Underfoot 1994 Locus Award Collection Template:Nominated
1994 World Fantasy Award Collection Template:Nominated
The Moon is Drowning While I Sleep 1994 World Fantasy Award Short Fiction Template:Nominated
Memory & Dream 1995 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
The Ivory and the Horn 1996 Locus Award Collection Template:Nominated
1996 World Fantasy Award Collection Template:Nominated
Timeskip 1997 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Foreign Short story/Collection of Foreign Short Stories Template:Nominated <ref>https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?25+1997</ref>
Trader 1998 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
1998 World Fantasy Award Novel Template:Nominated
1998 Mythopoeic Awards Adult Literature Template:Nominated
1998 Aurora Awards Novel Template:Nominated
Someplace to be Flying 1999 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
1999 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Award Template:Nominated <ref>https://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_bfs-derleth_index.asp?emulate=&navi=&Page=1&PageLength=100</ref>
1999 Aurora Awards Novel Template:Nominated
1999 World Fantasy Award Novel Template:Nominated
1999 Mythopoeic Awards Adult Literature Template:Nominated
China Doll 1999 British Fantasy Award Short Fiction Template:Nominated
Moonlight and Vines 2000 World Fantasy Award Collection Template:Won
2000 Locus Award Collection Template:Nominated
2000 British Fantasy Award Collection Template:Nominated
Triskell Tales 2001 Locus Award Collection Template:Nominated
Forests of the Heart 2001 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
2001 Nebula Award Novel Template:Nominated
2001 Mythopoeic Awards Adult Literature Template:Nominated
The Onion Girl 2002 Locus Award Fantasy Novel Template:Nominated
2002 World Fantasy Award Novel Template:Nominated
2017 Aurora Awards Best of the Decade Template:Nominated
Books to Look For 2002 Aurora Awards Related Work Template:Nominated
Waifs and Strays 2003 Locus Award Collection Template:Nominated
2003 World Fantasy Award Collection Template:Nominated
Seven Wild Sisters 2003 Locus Award Novella Template:Nominated
2003 World Fantasy Award Novella Template:Nominated
Circle of Cats 2004 World Fantasy Award Short Fiction Template:Nominated
The Blue Girl 2005 Locus Award Young Adult Book Template:Nominated
2006 White Pine Award Fiction Template:Won
Dingo 2009 Sunburst Award Young Adult Template:Nominated
The Mystery of Grace 2010 Sunburst Award Adult Book Template:Nominated
The Painted Boy 2011 Sunburst Award Young Adult Template:Nominated
Under My Skin 2013 Aurora Awards YA Novel Template:Won
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest 2014 Sunburst Award Young Adult Template:Won
Out of This World 2015 Aurora Awards YA Novel Template:Won
Newford series 2018 World Fantasy Award Lifetime Achievement Template:Won

BibliographyEdit

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NovelsEdit

Young adult novelsEdit

Some additional young adult novels are listed under their series name below.

  • Little (Grrl) Lost (2007)
  • The Painted Boy (2010)
  • The Cats of Tanglewood Forest (illustrated by Charles Vess) (2013)
  • Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale (illustrated by Charles Vess) (2002)

NovellasEdit

  • Berlin (1989)
  • The Fair in Emain Macha (1990)
  • Our Lady of the Harbour (1991)
  • Paperjack (1992)
  • Death Leaves an Echo (part of three novella collection, Cafe Purgatoriam) (1991)
  • A Circle of Cats (illustrated by Charles Vess) (2003)
  • Promises to Keep (2007, Tachyon Publications)
  • A Tangle of Green Men (2011)

ChapbooksEdit

  • Laughter in the Leaves (1984)
  • Ghosts of Wind and Shadow (1991)
  • Refinerytown (2003)
  • This Moment (2005)
  • Make A Joyful Noise (2006)
  • Old Man Crow (2007)
  • Riding Shotgun (2007)
  • Yellow Dog (2008)

Short stories published in book formEdit

  • Ascian in Rose (1987) (re-published in Spiritwalk)
  • Westlin Wind (1989) (re-published in Spiritwalk)
  • Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair (1991) (re-published in Dreams Underfoot)
  • Our Lady of the Harbour (1991) (re-published in Dreams Underfoot)
  • Paperjack (1991) (re-published in Dreams Underfoot)
  • Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood (1992) (re-published in Spiritwalk)
  • The Wishing Well (1993) (re-published in The Ivory and the Horn)
  • The Buffalo Man (1999) (re-published in Tapping the Dream Tree)

CollectionsEdit

  • A Pattern of Silver Strings (1981)
  • De Grijze Roos ("The Grey Rose") (1983) (translated into Flemish)
  • In Mask and Motley (1983)
  • Desert Moments (1991)
  • Hedgework and Guessery (1991)
  • Spiritwalk (1992)
  • Jack of Kinrowan (1995)
  • Triskell Tales (2000)
  • Waifs and Strays (2002)
  • A Handful of Coppers (2003) (Collected Early Stories, Vol.1: Heroic Fantasy)
  • Quicksilver & Shadow (2004) (Collected Early Stories, Vol.2)
  • Triskell Tales 2 (2006)
  • What the Mouse Found and Other Stories (2008)
  • Woods and Waters Wild (2008)
  • The Very Best of Charles de Lint (2010)

Newford seriesEdit

Newford is a fictional North American city where Charles de Lint has set many of his novels and short stories. Human beings share the city with European and Native American mythological legends, finding common ground as they live out their daily lives or find themselves swept up in adventures.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • The Dreaming Place (young adult, illustrated by Brian Froud) (1990)
  • From a Whisper to a Scream (first published under the pseudonym Samuel M. Key) (1992)
  • I'll Be Watching You (first published under the pseudonym Samuel M. Key) (1994)
  • Memory and Dream (1994)
  • Trader (1997)
  • Someplace to Be Flying (1998)
  • Forests of the Heart (2000)
  • The Onion Girl (2001)
  • Seven Wild Sisters (Novella illustrated by Charles Vess) (2002)
  • Spirits in the Wires (2003)
  • A Circle of Cats (2003) (written as a children's book)
  • Medicine Road (illustrated by Charles Vess, Tachyon Publications) (2004)
  • The Blue Girl (young adult) (2004)
  • Widdershins (2006)
  • Promises to Keep (2007, Tachyon Publications)
  • Old Man Crow (2007)
  • Dingo (young adult) (2008)
  • Juniper Wiles (2021)
  • Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls (2022)
Newford Series Collections
  • Dreams Underfoot (1993)
  • The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
  • Moonlight and Vines (1999)
  • The Newford Stories (compiles Dreams Underfoot, The Ivory and the Horn & Moonlight and Vines) (1999)
  • Tapping the Dream Tree (2002)
  • The Hour Before Dawn (2005)
  • Riding Shotgun (2007)
  • Muse and Reverie: A Newford Collection (2009)
  • Newford Stories: Crow Girls (2015)
  • Newford Stories: The Blue Fiddle (2022)

Short storiesEdit

De Lint also scripted several comic books for Barry Blair's Aircel Publishing in the mid-1980s.

His short story, "The Sacred Fire", was made into a short film by Peter Billingsley and Robert Meyer Burnett in 1994.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Originally set on and near the campus of Butler University, the setting was changed to Beverly Hills for the film. It was also adapted as an episode of The Hunger in January 2000.

AnthologyEdit

  • Cafe Purgatorium (1991) (with Dana. M. Anderson & Ray Garton)

Review columnsEdit

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  • Wrote several reviews in 1978 edition of Beyond the Fields We Know: Tales of Fantasy magazine as well as published poem Far from the Rush.
  • Wrote several reviews in Fanzine Dragonfields: Tales of Fantasy #3, Summer 1980 edition.
  • Wrote several reviews in Fanzine Dragonfields: Tales of Fantasy #4, Winter 1983 editon.

DiscographyEdit

  • Old Blue Truck<ref name="sfsite"/> (2011)
  • Crow Girls (MaryAnn Harris)<ref name="sfsite2"/> (2011)
  • The Loon's Lament—digital single (2011)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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