"If . . . Charles de Lint didn't create the contemporary fantasy," announced Tanya Huff in Quill and Quire, "he certainly defined it. . . . Unlike most fantasy writers who deal with battles between ultimate good and evil, de Lint concentrates on smaller, very personal conflicts." This may be the reason he appeals to all types of readers, both devoted fans and other audiences. Descriptives like "master of the genre" and "gifted storyteller" pepper reviews of de Lint's work, but de Lint himself is low-key about his achievements. In an interview with Authors and Artists for Young Adults, he described himself simply as a "writer of mythic fiction. It's basically mainstream writing, but with elements of myth and folktale. Not the more usual secondary-world fantasy. Some reviewers have described me as a writer who creates fantasy for people who don't normally read fantasy."
From his first publication in 1979, the novelette "The Fane of the Grey Rose," through the 1999 publication of his Newford collection of short stories, Moonlight and Vines, de Lint has proven himself to be a versatile and most prolific author, with over 40 books to his credit and an arm's-length list of awards and honors, including a Canadian SF/Fantasy Award, the Prix Ozone from France, and a YALSA for Best Book in 1998.
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