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 the New York Times bestselling young adult Folk of the Air series. She is also 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.[2] Black has won an Eisner Award, a Lodestar Award, a Nebula Award, and a Newbery Honor.
In 1999 she married her high school sweetheart, Theo Black, an illustrator and web designer.[1] In 2008 she was described as residing in Amherst, Massachusetts.[7]
Literary careeredit
Modern Faerie Tales
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 featuring different casts. The first, Valiant (2005), won the inaugural Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. By vote of Locus readers for the Locus Awards, Valiant and Ironside (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 by Red Glove (2011) and the trilogy concluded with Black 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 published in 2017. The first book of The Folk of the Air was critically acclaimed and nominated for the Locus Award[14] and the Lodestar Award.[15] The sequel, The Wicked King (2018) debuted at the #1 position of the New York Times Bestseller List.[16] The Wicked King was also nominated for the Lodestar Award.[17]The Queen of Nothing released in November 2019. With that release the series debuted at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller List.[18]
Black was interviewed regarding the Folk of the Air series for an article in the March 2024 issue of BookPage magazine before the publication of her 2024 novel The Prisoner's Throne.[19] She discussed the themes of the series with interviewer Jessica Peng. When asked whether or not she anticipated writing the Stolen Air 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".[20]
Standalones
A standalone novel, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, was released by Little, Brown and Company in September 2013.[21] Black published a short story of the same name in the vampire anthology The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown was an Andre Norton Award finalist in 2013.[22]
^ abcLocus (May 2006), "Holly Black: Through the Maze", Locus, 56, 5 (544): 84, archived from the original on June 12, 2018, retrieved December 13, 2007
^"The Modern Faerie Tales Archives". Holly Black. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
^Black, Holly, About Holly, archived from the original on November 5, 2007, retrieved December 13, 2007
^"Oh, the Places They've Gone; Shore Regional Graduates Area making Exciting Marks on the World" Archived February 5, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The Shoreline, 2010. Accessed February 4, 2023. "Holly Black nee Riggenbach ('90) After finishing her BA at the College of New Jersey in 1994, Holly Riggenbach almost got a library science degree from Rutgers."
^ ab"Gale.com". shibboleth.gale.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^"Author's fairy tale comes true" Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 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."
^"sfadb : Locus Awards All Nominees". www.sfadb.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
^"BEST SELLERS: September 26, 2004". The New York Times. September 26, 2004. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^"The Spiderwick Chronicles". IMDb. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) - IMDb, retrieved February 13, 2024
^"'Spiderwick' Author Holly Black Gets Unexcited For 'White Cat' Movie". MTV Hollywood Crush. May 9, 2011. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^"Scholastic Acquires Five-Book Middle Grade Series by Bestselling Authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare". Scholastic. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^locusmag (June 29, 2019). "2019 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
^"Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book", Wikipedia, December 8, 2020, archived from the original on April 5, 2023, retrieved December 11, 2020
^"Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - Books - Jan. 27, 2019 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 12, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
^"2020 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. April 7, 2020. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
^"Children's Series Books - Best Sellers - Books - Dec. 8, 2019 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
^ abBlack, Holly (2024). The Prisoner's Throne. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN 978-0316592710.
^Peng, Jessica. "Faerie riddles and family loyalty". BookPage (MAR 2024): 8.
^"Fall 2013 Sneak Previews". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^"And the Newbery, Caldecott award winners are ..." Archived August 23, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Ashley Strickland, CNN, January 27, 2014.
^Doll Bones. Simon and Schuster. May 7, 2013. ISBN 9781416963981. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^ ab"Mythopoeic Awards". Mythopoeic Society. Archived from the original on October 5, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
^"Book of Night by Holly Black". Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
^"Welcome to Bordertown - Holly Black". blackholly.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^"Zombies vs. Unicorns - Holly Black". blackholly.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^"Geektastic: Tales from the Nerd Herd - Holly Black". blackholly.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^The Wicked King. March 6, 2018. ISBN 9781549171314. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^Black, Holly (March 12, 2019). Queen of Nothing. ISBN 9780316310406. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^Parkin, Lisa (September 10, 2013). "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Author Holly Black on Vampires, Vine & Violence". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
^"sfadb : Andre Norton Award". www.sfadb.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
^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. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
^"ABA Announces 2015 Indies Choice and E.B. White Award Winners". the American Booksellers Association. April 16, 2015. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
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