About Holly

Holly Black
Author

Holly Black is an American writer and editor, best known for authoring The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children’s fantasy books she created with illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi.

Black was born in New Jersey November 10th, 1971, and during her early years her family lived in a “decrepit Victorian house”. 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 back-up career, but writing drew her away. She married her high school sweet heart, Theo Black, himself an accomplished illustrator and web designer, in 1999. As of 2008, Black resides in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Black edited and contributed to the role-playing culture magazine d8 in 1996. 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. Valiant : A Modern Tale of Faerie was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award, and the recipient of the 2005 Andre Norton Award. Other Novels since these include Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale, which sold over 18,000 copies in America alone.
Black is co-executive producer of a film adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles, released in February 2008. The Spiderwick Chronicles has also been released as a video game from Stormfront Studios.

Online Reading

Bone Mother – Endicott Journal of Mythic Arts (Autumn 2004)

Going Ironside – Endicott Journal of Mythic Arts (Summer 2007)

Bibliography

The Modern Faerie Tales:

Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale (2002)
Valiant : A Modern Tale of Faerie (2005)
Ironside : A Modern Faery’s Tale (2007)

The Spiderwick Chronicles:

The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide (2003)
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone (2003)
The Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda’s Secret (2003)
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree (2004)
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath (2004)
Arthur Spiderwick’s Notebook of Fantastical Observations (2005)
Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You (2005)
The Spiderwick Chronicles: Care and Feeding of Sprites (2006)

Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles:

The Nixie’s Song: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles (2007)
A Giant Problem: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
The Wyrm King: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles (2009)

The Good Neighbors:

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

The Curse Workers:

White Cat (May 2010)
Red Glove (May 2011)
Black Heart (May 2012?)

Complete Anthology:

The Poison Eaters: and Other Stories (February 2010)

Short Fiction:

Magazine: Prisoners of the Night #10
Story: Hades and Persephone (1997)

Book: The Faery Reel:Tales from the Twilight Realm
Story: The Night Market (2004)

Book: Young Warriors: Stories of Strength
Story: Heartless October (2005)

Book: 21 Proms
Story: In Vodka Veritas (March 2007)

Book: The Restless Dead
Story: The Poison Eaters (July 2007)

Book: The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
Story: Reversal of Fortune (July 2007)

Book: Magic in the Mirrorstone: Tales of Fantasy
Story: Virgin (July 2007)

Book: So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction
Story: The Coat of Stars (September 2007)

Magazine: Realms of Fantasy
Story: Paper Cuts Scissors (October 2007)

Book: Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: 21st Annual Collection
Story: (January 2008)

Book: Magic in the Mirrorstone: Tales of Fantasy
Story: (February 2008)

Book: Year’s Best Fantasy 8
Story: (June 2008)

Book: Best Gay Stories 2008
Story: (August 2008)

Book: Ravens in the Library
Story: (January 2009)

Book: Troll’s Eye View A Book of Villainous Tales
Story: The Boy Who Cried Wolf (April 2009)

Book: Geektastic (June 2009)
– Editor
Story:

Book: The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
Story: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (July 2009)

Book: Full Moon City
Story: The Arn Thompson Classification Review (March 2010)

Book: Wings of Fire
Story: Sobek (May 2010)

Book: Zombies VS. Unicorns (September 2010)
– Editor

Book: Teeth
Story: The Perfect Dinner Party (With Cassandra Clare) (2011)

Book: Naked City
Story: Noble Riot (2011)

Introductions:

Book: Dracula (Puffin Classics) (June 2009)
Author: Bram Stoker

Text Retrieved from Wikipedia, 9/28/09 & 6/2/10 as well as BlackHolly.com