Holly Black (néeRiggenbach;[1] born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Her most recent work is theNew York Times bestselling young adultFolk of the Air series. She is also well known forThe Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustratorTony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called theModern Faerie Tales.[2] Black has won a Nebula Award and aNewbery Honor.The Spiderwick Chronicles was adapted into a 2008film and into a 2023television series, for which Black received a nomination for theChildren's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Teen Series.
In 1999, she married her high school sweetheart, Theo Black, an illustrator and web designer.[1] In 2008, she was described as residing inAmherst, Massachusetts.[7]
Black's first novel,Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, was published bySimon & Schuster in 2002. There have been two sequels set in the same universe featuring different casts. The first,Valiant (2005), won the inauguralAndre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. By vote ofLocus readers for theLocus Awards,Valiant andIronside (2007) ranked fourth and sixth among the year's young-adult books.[8]
White Cat, the first in her Curse Workers Series, was published in 2010.White Cat was followed byRed Glove (2011) and the trilogy concluded withBlack Heart in 2012. In 2011, Black stated that the Curse Workers books had been optioned by Vertigo Pictures and producer Mark Morgan.[12]
The Cruel Prince, first book ofThe Folk of the Air published in 2017, was critically acclaimed and nominated for theLocus Award[14] and theLodestar Award.[citation needed] The sequel,The Wicked King (2018), debuted at the No. 1 position of theNew York Times Bestseller List[15] and was also nominated for the Lodestar Award.[16]The Queen of Nothing released in November 2019. With that release the series debuted at No. 3 on theNew York Times Bestseller List.[17]
Black was interviewed regarding theFolk of the Air series for an article in the March 2024 issue ofBookPage magazine before the publication of her 2024 novel The Prisoner's Throne.[18] She discussed the themes of the series with interviewer Jessica Peng. When asked whether or not she anticipated writing the Stolen Heir duology after the Folk of the Air series was published, Black replied, "When I got to Queen of Nothing, I realized I wanted to write about Oak and Suren at some point in the future... I don't think knowing that I wanted to revisit those characters changed the course of anything in the Folk of the Air books, but perhaps I did think of them a little more because of it".[19]
^"Author's fairy tale comes true"Archived November 7, 2012, at theWayback Machine,Edmonton Journal, February 14, 2008. Retrieved 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."
^Fictions, 2019 Science; America, Fantasy Writers of; SFWA, Inc; Fiction, Nebula Awards are registered trademarks of Science; America, Fantasy Writers of; SFWA, Inc Opinions expressed on this web site are not necessarily those of."The Coldest Girl in Coldtown".The Nebula Awards.Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. RetrievedDecember 11, 2020.{{cite web}}:|first3= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Black, Holly (March 12, 2019).Queen of Nothing. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.ISBN9780316310406.Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. RetrievedMay 13, 2020.
^LSCHULTE (January 2, 2015)."2014 Newbery Medal and Honor Books".Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. RetrievedMay 5, 2021.
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