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Holly Black

Nacido: November 10, 1971 – West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States

Holly Black is an American fantasy author known for dark, modern fairy tales for children, teens, and adults. Her notable books include The Spiderwick Chronicles, created with Tony DiTerlizzi, the Folk of the Air trilogy, and Doll Bones, which received a Newbery Honor.

Biografía y Trayectoria del Autor

Holly Black built her career by bringing faerie lore, adolescent danger, and modern settings into unusually sharp alignment. She grew up in New Jersey, loved reading and writing from an early age, and, as a teenager, kept inventing worlds through make-believe and Dungeons & Dragons. She graduated from The College of New Jersey in 1994, where a creative-writing class helped turn that imaginative habit into a more deliberate craft. The first major turning point came with Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale in 2002, a debut that helped establish her reputation for darker contemporary fantasy. A second followed quickly through her collaboration with Tony DiTerlizzi on The Spiderwick Chronicles, whose rapid success brought her to a much wider readership and later into screen adaptation. ((https://news.tcnj.edu/2014/07/21/supernatural-storyteller/))

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I want to believe faeries are real, but I also want proof
-FAQ
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The best thing you can do is try to write a little every day
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First, write to please your reader self and not your writer self
-An Interview With Holly Black
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You are adding to a conversation that’s come before you
-The WD Interview: Holly Black
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The show can be scary and silly and weird, but that core of hope remains
-The Mary Sue Interview: Holly Black on Her New Twelfth Doctor Novel, Lights Out
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When the devil comes calling, I guess you make room
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I wanted to be a writer probably from the time I was eleven or twelve
-An interview with Holly Black
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All books are essentially torture devices for their protagonist
-Thief of Night: A Q&A with Holly Black

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"Holly Black’s Tithe came out in 2002, instantaneously positioning her as a major figure in young adult dark fantasy"

Publishers Weekly

"As a contemporary fantasy author, Holly Black finds joy in writing the kinds of things she loves to read"

Writer's Digest

"Cassandra Clare said Holly Black has a really great, intuitive sense for when magic makes emotional sense"

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"Holly Black rose to literary stardom with The Spiderwick Chronicles"

The Guardian

"Author Holly Black is one of the premier voices in contemporary fairy tale stories for young readers"

PBS Books

"The queen of faerie herself, Holly Black, is taking us back with some very familiar faces"

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"With The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black proves that the vampire myth is still immortal"

BookPage

"Holly Black, the author known for her hit middle-grade fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles, is making her adult fiction debut"

Kirkus Reviews

"Holly Black is an author famous for both her urban fantasies and The Spiderwick Chronicles"

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