10 Facts About Holly Black

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Holly Black is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction.

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Holly Black's is well known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales.

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Holly Black has won an Eisner Award, a Lodestar Award, a Award, a Nebula Award, and a Newbery honor.

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4.

Holly Black's worked as a production editor on medical journals including The Journal of Pain while studying at Rutgers University.

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5.

Holly Black's considered becoming a librarian as a backup career, but writing drew her away.

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6.

Holly Black's edited and contributed to the role-playing culture magazine d8 in 1996.

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In 2003, Holly Black published the first two books of The Spiderwick Chronicles, a collaboration with artist Tony DiTerlizzi.

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8.

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

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9.

Holly Black published a short story of the same name in the vampire anthology The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire.

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10.

Holly Black has written dozens of short works and co-edited at least three anthologies of speculative fiction.

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