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{{Short description|Canadian fantasy author (born 1951)}}
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| name         = Charles de Lint
| pseudonym    = [[Samuel M. Key]]
| birth_name   = 
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1951|12|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Bussum]], [[Netherlands]]
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| occupation   = Author
| nationality  = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| period       = 1983–present
| genre        = [[Fantasy]], [[Horror fiction|horror]], [[mythic fiction]], [[magical realism]], [[urban fantasy]]
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| spouse       = MaryAnn Harris (m. 1980; d. 2024)
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| website      = {{URL|charlesdelint.com}}
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'''Charles de Lint'''<ref name="Webmaster">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/bio03.htm|title=Charles de Lint: About Me|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|publisher=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705132815/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/bio03.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/bio01.htm|title=Charles de Lint: Biography|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|publisher=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001124139/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/bio01.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music.htm|title=Charles de Lint: Music|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|publisher=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705171541/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> (born December 22, 1951) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] writer.

Primarily a writer of fantasy fiction, he has composed works of [[urban fantasy]], contemporary [[magical realism]], and [[mythic fiction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/jomareadinglists/|title=Mythic Reading Lists|website=Mythic Reading Lists|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615025629/http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/jomareadinglists/|url-status=live}}</ref> Along with authors like [[Terri Windling]], [[Emma Bull]], and [[John Crowley (author)|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>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/biblio-novels01.htm|title=Charles de Lint Bibliography: Novels|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|publisher=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705132713/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/biblio-novels01.htm|url-status=live}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/poetrylist/ |title=JoMA Archives: Poetry |publisher=JoMA Archives: Poetry |access-date=May 23, 2017 |archive-date=May 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513042738/http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/poetrylist/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

As an [[essayist]]/[[critic]]/[[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 life==
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>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/mah/|title=MaryAnn Harris|website=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701201724/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/mah/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/mah//tt-foreward.htm|title=The Meeting|website=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705125348/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/mah//tt-foreward.htm|url-status=live}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.reclectica.com|title=MaryAnn Harris|website=www.reclectica.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909215807/http://www.reclectica.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

MaryAnn Harris was hospitalized on September 6, 2021 for [[Powassan virus]], a rare and debilitating tick-borne disease.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crawford |first1=Blair |title=A tick bite, the Powassan virus, and MaryAnn's struggle |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/maryanns-struggle-community-rallies-to-help-ottawa-woman-debilitated-by-rare-tick-borne-powassan-virus |website=Ottawa Citizen |publisher=PostMedia |date=18 March 2023|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> On his author Facebook page, de Lint announced that MaryAnn passed away as a result of the disease on June 3, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2024/06/maryann-harris-1953-2024/ |title=MaryAnn Harris (1953-2024) |date=2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-06-04 |publisher=Locus Online }}</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 [[Élisabeth Bruyère|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>{{cite web |title=MaryAnn Harris |url=https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/maryann-harris-1089945358 |website=Ottawa Citizen |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>

==Career==
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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819050526/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195411676.001.0001/acref-9780195411676 |date=August 19, 2021 }}></ref>

===Writing===
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 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">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|pages=38}}</ref><ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=162}}</ref>

He published three [[horror fiction|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>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/circle-desc01.htm|title=Charles de Lint: A Circle of Cats (2003) Description|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|website=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705150357/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/circle-desc01.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Style and settings====
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).

====Recognition====
De Lint has received many awards, including the [[World Fantasy Award]] for [[World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement|Life Achievement]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners |url=https://worldfantasy.org/awards/winners/ |publisher=World Fantasy Awards |access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref> Other awards include the 2000 World Fantasy Award for [[World Fantasy Award for Best Collection|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).<ref name="sfadb awards">{{cite web |title=Charles de Lint |url=https://www.sfadb.com/Charles_de_Lint |publisher=science fiction awards database |access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref> In 1988 he won the Canadian SF/Fantasy Award, the Casper (now known as the [[Aurora Awards|Aurora]]) for his novel ''Jack, the Giant-killer'' (Ace 1987). He also received the award for ''Under My Skin'' in 2013 and ''Out of This World'' in 2015.<ref name="sfadb awards" /> ''The Cats of Tanglewood Forest'' received a [[Sunburst Award]] in 2014.<ref name="sfadb awards" /> His novel ''Widdershins'' (Tor, 2006) won first place, Amazon.com Editors' Picks: Top 10 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2006.<ref name="sfsite3">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/|title=Charles de Lint|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|website=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704163130/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/|url-status=live}}</ref>  His 1984 urban fantasy novel, ''Moonheart'', was a best-selling trade paperback for Tor's Orb line and won a [[Crawford Award]].<ref name="sfadb awards" /> It has been described as a thriller, detective mystery, and otherworld mythic fantasy.<ref name="lawrence"/>

====Other literary work====
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 art===
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">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music-oldbluetruck01.htm|title=Charles de Lint: Music - Old Blue Truck|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|website=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705134125/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music-oldbluetruck01.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> which was released alongside his wife MaryAnn Harris's album, ''Crow Girls'' <ref name="sfsite2">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music-crowgirls01.htm|title=Charles de Lint: Music - Crow Girls EP by MaryAnn Harris|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|website=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705160013/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music-crowgirls01.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> in which he also contributes.

==Awards==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Work !! Year & Award!! Category!! Result !! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Fane of the Grey Rose''
|1980 [[Balrog Awards]]
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title=1980 Balrog Award | url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?8+1980 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Dragonfields''
|1981 [[World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional]]
|
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1981 Balrog Awards
|Amatur Achievement
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title=1981 Balrog Award | url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?8+1981 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |''A Patten of Silver Strings''
|1983 Balrog Awards
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title=1983 Balrog Award | url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?8+1983 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |''[[The Riddle of the Wren]]''
|1985 [[Locus Award]]
|First Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title=Sfadb : Locus Awards | url=https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[Moonheart]]''
|1985 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1985 [[Mythopoeic Awards]]
|Fantasy
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1985 [[Crawford Award]]
|
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Mulengro''
|1986 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1986 [[Aurora Awards]]
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''[[Yarrow (novel)|Yarrow]]''
|1987 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1987 Aurora Awards
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair''
|1988 Locus Award
|Novelette
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Jack, the Giant Killer''
|1988 Aurora Awards
|Novel
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Greenmantle''
|1989 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Drowned Man's Reef'''
|1989 Readercon Awards
|Short Work
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title=Sfadb: Readercon Awards 1989 | url=https://www.sfadb.com/Readercon_Awards_1989 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Ghostwood''
|1991 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Drink Down the Moon''
|1991 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Fair in Emain Matcha''
|1991 Aurora Awards
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Freewheeling''
|1991 Aurora Awards
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Death Leaves an Echo''
|1991 [[Bram Stoker Award]]
|Long Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |''The Little Country''
|1991 HOMer Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title=Sfadb: HOMer Awards 1992 | url=https://www.sfadb.com/HOMer_Awards_1992 }}</ref>
|-
|1992 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1992 Aurora Awards
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1992 World Fantasy Award
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1994 Mythopoeic Awards
|Fantasy
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1994 [[Premio Ignotus]]
|Foreign Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Our Lady of the Harbour''
|1992 Locus Award
|Novella
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1992 World Fantasy Award
|Novella
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Raven Sings a Medicine Way, Coyote Steals the Pollen''
|1992 Aurora Awards
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Conjure Man''
|1992 [[World Fantasy Award]]
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Pity the Monsters''
|1992 [[World Fantasy Award]]
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Bridges'' 
|1993 [[World Fantasy Award]]
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Spiritwalk''
|1993 [[World Fantasy Award]]
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Paperjack''
|1993 World Fantasy Award
|Novella
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Bone Woman''
|1994 Locus Award
|Short Story
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Dreams Underfoot''
|1994 Locus Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1994 World Fantasy Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Moon is Drowning While I Sleep''
|1994 World Fantasy Award
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Memory & Dream''
|1995 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''The Ivory and the Horn''
|1996 Locus Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1996 World Fantasy Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Timeskip''
|1997 [[Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire]]
|Foreign Short story/Collection of Foreign Short Stories
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title=1997 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire | url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?25+1997 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |''Trader''
|1998 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1998 World Fantasy Award
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1998 Mythopoeic Awards
|Adult Literature
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1998 Aurora Awards
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |''Someplace to be Flying''
|1999 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1999 [[British Fantasy Award]]
|August Derleth Award
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>https://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_bfs-derleth_index.asp?emulate=&navi=&Page=1&PageLength=100</ref>
|-
|1999 Aurora Awards
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1999 World Fantasy Award
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|1999 Mythopoeic Awards
|Adult Literature
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''China Doll''
|1999 British Fantasy Award
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |''Moonlight and Vines''
|2000 World Fantasy Award
|Collection
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|2000 Locus Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|2000 British Fantasy Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Triskell Tales''
|2001 Locus Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |''Forests of the Heart''
|2001 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|2001 [[Nebula Award]]
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|2001 Mythopoeic Awards
|Adult Literature
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[The Onion Girl]]''
|2002 Locus Award
|Fantasy Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|2002 World Fantasy Award
|Novel
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|2017 Aurora Awards
|Best of the Decade
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Books to Look For''
|2002 Aurora Awards
|Related Work
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Waifs and Strays''
|2003 Locus Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|2003 World Fantasy Award
|Collection
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Seven Wild Sisters''
|2003 Locus Award
|Novella
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|2003 World Fantasy Award
|Novella
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Circle of Cats''
|2004 World Fantasy Award
|Short Fiction
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''The Blue Girl''
|2005 Locus Award
|Young Adult Book
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|2006 [[White Pine Award]]
|Fiction
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Dingo''
|2009 [[Sunburst Award]]
|Young Adult
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Mystery of Grace''
|2010 Sunburst Award
|Adult Book
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Painted Boy''
|2011 Sunburst Award
|Young Adult
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Under My Skin''
|2013 Aurora Awards
|YA Novel
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''The Cats of Tanglewood Forest''
|2014 Sunburst Award
|Young Adult
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Out of This World''
|2015 Aurora Awards
|YA Novel
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |''Newford'' series
|2018 [[World Fantasy Award]]
|Lifetime Achievement
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|}

== Bibliography ==
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2016}}

=== Novels ===
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles -->|title=[[The Riddle of the Wren]] |location=New York |publisher=Ace Books |year=1984 <!--|isbn=0441722296-->}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=[[Moonheart|Moonheart: A Romance]] |location=New York |publisher=Ace Books |year=1984}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=The Harp of the Grey Rose |location=Norfolk, Va. |publisher=Donning |year=1985 <!--|isbn=0898653746-->}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=Mulengro: A Romany Tale |year=1985 }}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=[[Yarrow (novel)|Yarrow]] |year=1986 }}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 --> |title=Jack, the Giant-Killer |year=1987}}<ref name="ReferenceA">Re-published in ''Jack of Kinrowan''</ref>
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=Greenmantle |year=1988 }}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=[[Wolf Moon]] |year=1988 }}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=Svaha |year=1989 }}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=The Valley of Thunder |series=[[Philip José Farmer]]'s [[Dungeon series]] #3 |year=1989 }}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=The Hidden City |series=[[Philip José Farmer]]'s [[Dungeon series]] #5 |year=1990 }}
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=Ghostwood |year=1990 }}<ref>Re-published in ''Spiritwalk''</ref>
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=Drink Down the Moon |year=1990 }}<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=Angel of Darkness |year=1990 }}<ref>First published under the pseudonym Samuel M. Key</ref><!--Check details-->
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=The Little Country |year=1991 }}<ref>1992 [[World Fantasy Award]] nominee</ref>
* {{cite book <!--|author=De Lint, Charles |author-mask=1 -->|title=Into the Green |year=1993 }}
*''The Wild Wood'' ([[Brian Froud]]'s Faerielands, Illustrated by [[Brian Froud]]) (1994)
*''Memory and Dream'' (1994)
*''Someplace to Be Flying '' (1998)
*''The Road to Lisdoonvarna'' (2001)
*''The Blue Girl'' (2004)
*''The Mystery of Grace'' (2009)
*''Eyes Like Leaves'' (2009)
*''Under My Skin'' (2012)
*''Over My Head'' (2013)
*''Out of This World'' (2014)
*''The Wind in His Heart'' (2017)
*''Juniper Wiles'' (2021)
*''Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls'' (2022)

=== Young adult novels ===
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)

=== Novellas ===
*''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)

=== Chapbooks ===
* ''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 form ===
*''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'')

=== Collections ===
* ''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 series ===
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>{{Cite web |title=Macmillan series: Newford |url=https://us.macmillan.com/series/newford/ |access-date=2021-01-27 |website=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206155848/https://us.macmillan.com/series/newford/ |url-status=live }}</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 (novel)|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 stories ===
* "The Valley of the Troll" in ''[[Sword and Sorceress series|Sword and Sorceress I]]'' (1984)
* "Cold Blows The Wind" in ''[[Sword and Sorceress series|Sword and Sorceress II]]'' (1985)
* "The Weeping Oak" in ''[[Sword and Sorceress series|Sword and Sorceress IV]]'' (1987)
* "Into the Green" in ''[[Sword and Sorceress series|Sword and Sorceress V]]'' (1988)
* "One Chance" in ''Werewolves'' (edited by [[Jane Yolen]] and [[Martin H. Greenberg]]). Reprinted in [[Bruce Coville]]'s ''[[Bruce Coville#Series|Book of Spine Tinglers]]'' (1988)
* "Somewhere in My Mind There is a Painting Box" in ''[[The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest]]'' (2002)
* "Companions to the Moon" in ''[[Realms of Fantasy]]'' (June, 2007). Reprinted in [[Peter S. Beagle]]'s ''The Urban Fantasy'' (2011) 
* "Ten for the Devil" in ''Battle Magic'' (Daw Books). Reprinted in [[Tim Pratt]]'s ''Sympathy for the Devil'' (2010)
* "The Butter Spirit's Tithe (2004) in ''Emerald Magic''

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>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293565/|title=The Sacred Fire (1994)|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208190407/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293565/|url-status=live}}</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 (TV series)|The Hunger]]'' in January 2000.

===Anthology===
* ''Cafe Purgatorium'' (1991) (with Dana. M. Anderson & [[Ray Garton]])

=== Review columns ===
* De Lint writes a regular review column called "Books to Look For" for the ''[[Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/dcharlesdelint.htm|title=Fantasy and Science Fiction Departments: Books To Look For - Charles de&nbsp;Lint|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster |publisher=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017}}</ref>
* 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.

==Discography==
* ''Old Blue Truck''<ref name="sfsite"/> (2011)
* ''Crow Girls'' (MaryAnn Harris)<ref name="sfsite2"/> (2011)
* ''The Loon's Lament''—digital single (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music-loonslament01.htm|title=Charles de Lint: Music - The Loon's Lament—Digital Single|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|website=www.sfsite.com|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705133030/https://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music-loonslament01.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> (previously released on the album ''A Walk on the Windy Side'' in 2002).

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.charlesdelint.com/ Charles de Lint]
* {{ISFDB name|id=178|name=Charles de Lint}}
* [http://books.ofearna.us/delint.html At OFearna's site]
* {{IMDb name|1038814}}
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-henri-diederick-hoefsmit-de-lint Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca]
* {{discogs artist|Charles de Lint}}
* [http://www.prime-books.com/features/years-best-2012-charles-de-lint-on-a-tangle-of-green-men/ Year's Best 2012: Charles de Lint on "A Tangle of Green Men"]
* [http://www.locusmag.com/2003/Issue06/DeLint.html Locus Online: Charles de Lint interview excerpts (issue 6, June 2003)]
* [http://www.challengingdestiny.com/interviews/delint.htm Interview with Charles de Lint ( Challenging Destiny Number 9, 2000)]
* [http://www.kimantieau.com/2008/04/interview-with-charles-de-lint.html Kim Antieau: Interview with Charles de Lint (April 28, 2008)]
* [http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/09/exclusive_interview_charles_de_lint/ Charles de Lint – SF Signal (2010)]
* [http://www.bookslut.com/features/2006_06_009052.php Bookslut: An Interview with Charles de Lint (June 2006)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013080624/http://www.bookslut.com/features/2006_06_009052.php |date=October 13, 2012 }}
* [http://theauthorhour.com/charles-de-lint/ Charles de Lint – Online Radio Interview with the Author (December 2009)]
* [http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/interview11.htm Charles de Lint: Interview by NerdHelm (2011)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722020933/http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/interview11.htm |date=July 22, 2012 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826164622/http://www.rtbookreviews.com/magazine-article/fantasy-rockabilly-grace-interview-genre-master-charles-de-lint Fantasy, Rockabilly & Grace: An Interview with Genre Master Charles De Lint (March 2009)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061216122220/http://www.greenmanreview.com/oneoffs/charlesdelint.html Green Man's Charles de Lint Edition]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130523070701/http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2005/04/someplace-to-be-flying-an-interview-with-charles-de-lint/ Someplace to Be Flying: An Interview with Charles de Lint] by Michael McCarty

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