Portrait of Billy

Samuel R. Delany was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame in 2016 and received the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021. A filmmaker, novelist, and critic, he is the author of Nova (Doubleday, 1968), Dhalgren (Bantam Books, 1975), the Return to Nevèrÿon series (multiple publishers, 1979–87), and the award-winning Dark Reflections (Caroll & Graf, 2007), among many other books. Currently, he lives in the Fairmount district of Philadelphia with his partner, Dennis.