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Encyclopedia > Holly Black

Holly Black (born 1971) is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles series of children's fantasy books (illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi), Valiant : A Modern Tale of Faerie, and Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale. She graduated with a B.A. in English from The College of New Jersey in 1994. She considered becoming a librarian (a sexy one] at that) as a back-up career, but writing drew her away. She dwells in a house over one hundred years old in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Spiderwick is a popular series of illustrated childrens fantasy books written by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. ... Tony DiTerlizzi is a fantasy artist best known for his work in the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering and on the Planescape product line for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... Valiant can refer to Valiant, a British comic 1968-71 Valiant, a 2006 movie Valiant Comics, a comic book publisher Prince Valiant, a comic strip Vickers Valiant, a British bomber Valiant, the name of several ships. ... In literary criticism, the term English studies is occasionally used to refer to the critical study of English literature. ... For information on the institution known as the College of New Jersey until 1896, see Princeton University. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services that assist and instruct people in the most efficient ways to identify and access any needed information or information resource (article, book, magazine, etc. ... Amherst is the name of several places, named for Jeffrey Amherst: Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Middle Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Upper Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Amherst, New Hampshire Amherst, New York Amherst, Nova Scotia Amherst Head, Nova Scotia Amherst Point, Nova Scotia Amherst Shore, Nova...


Holly is currently working on finishing Ironside, the sequel to Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale. She maintains a website and posts regular updates on LiveJournal. The website's called www.blackholly.com Ironside by Holly Black, the sequel to Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale, is currently being written and is about half complete [1] as of early August. ... LiveJournal (often abbreviated LJ) is the name of a weblog site allowing Internet users to keep an online journal or diary. ...


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Holly Black was born in November 1971 in a decrepit Victorian house in New Jersey.
Holly Black's debut novel TITHE: A Modern Faerie Tale was originally published in 2002, and has now been re-released by Simon and Schuster in paperback.
Holly talks to Teenreads.com contributing writer Carlie Webber about the book's setting, her favorite folktale, her advice to aspiring writers and what readers can expect from her in the future.
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