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A Canadian fantasy writer, Charles de Lint has published 60 books, both novels and short story collections, and is widely regarded as a master writer. His work tends to straddle the line between urban fantasy and mythic literature. He is also a Celtic folk musician, writing original music.▼
[[File:Charles de Lint in late-March 2005.jpg|frame|Charles de Lint in late-March 2005, at Swancon XXX in Perth, Australia.]]
▲A Canadian fantasy writer, '''Charles de Lint''' has published 60 books, both novels and short story collections, and is widely regarded as a master writer. His work tends to straddle the line between urban fantasy and mythic literature. He is also a Celtic folk musician, writing original music.
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An extremely incomplete list - see [[w:Charles de Lint#Bibliography|Wikipeida]] or [https://www.charlesdelint.com/index.html the author's website] for more.
Works set in Ottawa:
* ''[[Moonheart]]''
* ''[[Yarrow (novel)|Yarrow]]''
* ''Jack, the Giant Killer'' and ''Drink Down the Moon'', collected into ''[[Jack of Kinrowan]]''
Works set in Newford:
* ''[[Dreams Underfoot]]''
▲* ''[[The Little Country]]''
* ''[[The Onion Girl]]''
* ''[[Waifs and Strays]]''▼
* ''[[Spirits in the Wires]]''
* ''[[Widdershins (novel)|Widdershins]]''
Works set elsewhere:
Beginning with the book ''[[The Dreaming Place]]'' in 1990, de Lint has continually written what is known as the Newford series, a set of loosely connected novels and short stories, all written about characters in the fictional city of Newford.▼
* ''[[The Little Country]]''
▲* ''[[Waifs and Strays]]''
▲Beginning with the book ''[[The Dreaming Place]]'' in 1990, de Lint has continually written what is known as the Newford series, a set of loosely connected novels and short stories, all written about characters in the fictional city of Newford.
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* [[Badass Normal]]: Imogene from ''The Blue Girl''. She gets a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] taking down a [[Jerk Jock]] with a switchblade.
* [[Big Good]]: Lucius Portsmouth and White Buffalo Woman share this role in the Newford stories. His earlier fantasy works often feature such a figure as well.
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* [[Urban Warfare]]: Between Native American manitou and Old World fae, no less!
* [[Urban Fantasy]]: De Lint was one of the first to start writing it.
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: Newford. Canadian readers tend to think it's somewhere in the USA, while American readers tend to think it's somewhere in Canada.
* [[A Wizard Did It]]: The antagonists or both ''Trader'' and ''The Mystery of Grace'' are ordinary humans who set substantial supernatural events in motion with no clear explanation given of just how they did it, the resulting situation itself being seen as far more important than its cause.
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