Holly Black

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Holly Black

Holly Black at the 2010 Texas Book Festival.
Born November 10, 1971 (1971-11-10) (age 40)
New Jersey
Occupation Writer, Editor, Producer
Nationality American
Period 1990s-present
Genres Children, fantasy, horror
www.blackholly.com

Holly Black née Riggenbach[2] (born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor, best known for writing The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi.

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[edit] Early life and education

Black was born in West Long Branch, New Jersey[2] in 1971, and during her early years her family lived in a "decrepit Victorian house."[3] Black graduated with a B.A. in English from The College of New Jersey in 1994. She worked as a production editor on medical journals including The Journal of Pain while studying at Rutgers University. She considered becoming a librarian as a backup career, but writing drew her away.

She married her high school sweetheart, Theo Black, himself an accomplished illustrator and web designer, in 1999.[2]

As of 2008, Black resides in Amherst, Massachusetts.[4]

[edit] Literary career

Black edited and contributed to the role-playing culture magazine d8 in 1996.[5]

Her first novel, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, was published in 2002. Her novella The Wrath of Mulgarath reached the top of the New York Times Bestseller list in 2004.[3]

Valiant : A Modern Tale of Faerie was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award, and the recipient of the 2005 Andre Norton Award.[3] Other novels since these include Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale, which debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list.

[edit] Adaptations

Black is co-executive producer of a film adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles, released in February 2008.[6] The film covers the entirety of the novel series.

The Spiderwick Chronicles has also been released as a video game from Stormfront Studios.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] The Modern Faerie Tales

[edit] The Spiderwick Chronicles

[edit] The Good Neighbors

  • The Good Neighbors: Kin (2008)
  • The Good Neighbors: Kith (2009)
  • The Good Neighbors: Kind (2010)

[edit] Short Fiction

  • "Hades and Persephone" (1997) Prisoners of the Night, 10
  • "The Night Market" (2004) in The Faery Reel: Tales from a Twilight Realm
  • "Heartless" (2005) Young Warriors: Stories of Strength
  • "Going Ironside" (2007) in Endicott Journal of Mythic Arts, Summer.
  • "In Vodka Veritas" (2007) 21 Proms
  • "Reversal of Fortune" (2007) The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
  • "The Poison Eaters" (2007) The Restless Dead
  • "Paper Cuts Scissors" (2007) Realms of Fantasy in October 2007 issue.
  • "The Coat of Stars" (2007) So Fey
  • "Virgin" (2008) Magic in the Mirrorstone
  • "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" (2009) Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales
  • "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" (2009) The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
  • "A Very Short Story" (2009) Half-Minute Horrors
  • "The Dog King" (2010) The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
  • "The Land of Heart's Desire" (2010) The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
  • "The Arn Thompson Classification Review" (2010) Full Moon City
  • "Sobek" (2010) Wings of Fire
  • "The Perfect Dinner Party" (with Cassandra Clare, 2011) Teeth
  • "The Rowan Gentleman" (with Cassandra Clare, 2011) Welcome to Bordertown
  • "Noble Rot" (2011) Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy

[edit] Poetry

  • "The Third Third: Israfel's Tale" (1996) d8 Magazine 3, pages 50–51
  • "Bone Mother" (2004) Endicott Journal of Mythic Arts, Autumn.

[edit] The Curse Workers

[edit] Collections

  • The Poison Eaters and Other Stories (2010)

[edit] Anthologies

  • Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd (2009)
  • Zombies vs. Unicorns (2010)
  • Welcome to Bordertown (2011)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Holly Black - Author Program In-Depth Interview". TeachingBooks.net. http://www.teachingbooks.net/content/Black_qu.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 
  2. ^ a b c Locus (May 2006), "Holly Black: Through the Maze", Locus 56, 5 (544): 84, http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/05Black.html, retrieved 2007-12-13 
  3. ^ a b c Black, Holly, About Holly, http://www.blackholly.com/aboutholly.htm, retrieved 2007-12-13 
  4. ^ "Author's fairy tale comes true", Edmonton Journal, February 14, 2008. Accessed February 20, 2008. "Today, Holly lives in West Long Branch, New Jersey with her husband of 10 years, working as a full-time writer and an avid collector of rare folklore volumes, spooky dolls and outrageous hats."
  5. ^ Black, Holly, Bibliography, http://www.blackholly.com/bibliography.htm, retrieved 2007-12-13 [dead link]
  6. ^ IMDb, The Spiderwick Chonicles, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416236/, retrieved 2007-12-13 

[edit] External links

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