Holly Black

Holly Black

Black at the 2010 Texas Book Festival
Born (1971-11-10) November 10, 1971
West Long Branch, New Jersey
Occupation Writer, editor, producer
Nationality American
Period c. 2000–present
Genre Children's fantasy, horror
Website
blackholly.com

Holly Black née Riggenbach[1] (born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor best known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and a trilogy of Young Adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales trilogy.[2] Her 2013 novel Doll Bones was named a Newbery Medal honor book.[3]

Early life and education

Black was born in West Long Branch, New Jersey[1] in 1971, and during her early years her family lived in a "decrepit Victorian house."[4] 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 edited and contributed to the role-playing culture magazine d8 in 1996.[5]

In 1999 she married her high school sweetheart, Theo Black, an accomplished illustrator and web designer.[1] In 2008 she was described as residing in Amherst, Massachusetts.[6]

Literary career

Black's first novel, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2002. There have been two sequels set in the same universe. The first, Valiant (2005), won the inaugural Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy—as the year's best according to American speculative fiction writers—and it was a finalist, like Tithe, for the annual Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. By vote of Locus readers for the Locus Awards, Valiant and Ironside (2007) ranked fourth and sixth among the year's young-adult books.[7]

In 2003, Black published the first two books of The Spiderwick Chronicles, a collaboration with artist Tony DiTerlizzi. The fifth and last book in the series reached the top of the New York Times Bestseller list in 2004.[4] A film adaptation of the series was released in 2008.[8]

White Cat, the first in her Curse Workers Series, was published in 2010. White Cat was followed by Red Glove (2011) and the trilogy concluded with Black Heart in 2012. A standalone novel, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, was released by Little, Brown in September 2013.[9] Black published a short story of the same name in the vampire anthology The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire. Doll Bones was published in May 2013, and was awarded a Newbery Honor[3][10] and a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award.[11]

In 2012, Scholastic acquired a five-book series co-written by Black and her best friend Cassandra Clare to be called Magisterium. Its first volume, The Iron Trial, was published in September 2014.[12] The series has already been optioned for the screen by Constantin Films.[13]

Black has also written dozens of short works and co-edited at least three anthologies of speculative fiction.[14]

Adaptations

Black is co-executive producer of the film adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles, released in February 2008.[15] The film covers the entirety of the novel series. The Spiderwick Chronicles has also been released as a video game from Stormfront Studios.

In 2011, Black stated that the Curse Workers books had been optioned by Vertigo Pictures and producer Mark Morgan.[16]

Works

Young adult novels

Modern Faerie Tales
The Curse Workers
Standalone

Middle grade novels

Magisterium
Spiderwick
Standalone

Graphic novels

The Good Neighbors
Lucifer

Short fiction

Short stories
Collections

Anthologies edited

Poetry

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 Locus (May 2006), "Holly Black: Through the Maze", Locus, 56, 5 (544): 84, retrieved 2007-12-13
  2. ↑ "The Modern Faerie Tales Archives". Holly Black. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "And the Newbery, Caldecott award winners are ...", Ashley Strickland, CNN, January 27, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Black, Holly, About Holly, retrieved 2007-12-13
  5. ↑ Black, Holly, Bibliography, retrieved 2007-12-13 Archived December 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "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."
  7. ↑ "Holly Black". Science Fiction Awards Database (sfadb.com). Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  8. ↑ "The Spiderwick Chronicles". IMDB. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Fall 2013 Sneak Previews". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Doll Bones". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Mythopoeic Awards". Mythopoeic Society. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Scholastic Acquires Five-Book Middle Grade Series by Bestselling Authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare". Scholastic. April 19, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Cassandra Clare, Holly Black Score Joint Book, Movie Deal!". MTV Hollywood Crush. April 19, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  14. ↑ Holly Black at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  15. ↑ IMDb, The Spiderwick Chonicles, retrieved 2007-12-13
  16. ↑ "'Spiderwick' Author Holly Black Gets Unexcited For 'White Cat' Movie". MTV Hollywood Crush. May 9, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  17. ↑ Parkin, Lisa (10 September 2013). "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Author Holly Black on Vampires, Vine & Violence". Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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