Holly Black
Born	10 November 1971 (1971-11-10) (age 38) New Jersey
Occupation	Writer, Editor, Producer
Nationality	American
Writing period	1990s-present
Genres	Children, fantasy, horror
Influences Lloyd Alexander, Susan Cooper, Jim Henson, J.R.R. Tolkien[1]
Official website

Holly Black née Riggenbach^[2] (born 10 November 1971) 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.

Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Literary career 3 Adaptations 4 Bibliography 4.1 The Modern Faerie Tales 4.2 The Spiderwick Chronicles 4.3 The Good Neighbors 4.4 The Faery Reel:Tales from the Twilight Realm 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life and education

Black was born in New Jersey^[2] in 1971, and during her early years her family lived in a "decrepit Victorian house".^[3] 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.^[2]

As of 2008^[update], Black resides in Amherst, Massachusetts.^[4]

[edit] Literary career

Black edited and contributed to the role-playing culture magazine d8 in 1996.^[5]

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.^[3]

Valiant : A Modern Tale of Faerie was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award, and the recipient of the 2005 Andre Norton Award.^[3] Other Novels since these include Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale, which sold over 18,000 copies in America alone.

[edit] Adaptations

Black is co-executive producer of a film adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles, released in February 2008.^[6] The film covers the entirety of the novel series.

The Spiderwick Chronicles has also been released as a video game from Stormfront Studios.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] The Modern Faerie Tales

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

[edit] 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)
• 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)

[edit] The Good Neighbors

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

[edit] The Faery Reel:Tales from the Twilight Realm

• The Night Market (2004)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Black's LiveJournal
• Interview with Holly Black at comiXology
• Holly Black at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview excerpt Locus Online
• Holly Black's page at Pulse Blogfest
• Holly Black at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Synopses, book covers, reviews at Fantasy Literature