Charles De Lint

De Lint, Charles (1951– ), Canadian author whose work brings folklore imagery into tales of modern urban life. Moonheart (1984), Memory and Dream (1994), Someplace to Be Flying (1998), and other novels combine elements of Native North American legends (tricksters, shamans, shape‐shifters) with those of European folklore (faeries, trolls, magical instruments, enchanted forests). Jack the Giant‐killer (1987) transplants an English fairy tale to the streets of modern Ottawa. The Little Country (1991), set in Cornwall, and The Wild Wood (1994), based on the fairy art of Brian Froud, are novels which make extensive use of traditional British fairy lore.

— Terri Windling