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Holly Black
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Holly Black

Holly Black spent her early years in a decaying Victorian mansion where her mother fed her a steady diet of ghost stories and faerie tales. An avid collector of rare folklore volumes, spooky dolls, and crazy hats, she lives in West Long Branch, New Jersey, with her husband, Theo. Together with illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, she is the creator of the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles series of children's books.

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November 18, 2008
I remember my first cup of coffee very clearly.  I was about eight and my mother made it for me with instant granules...
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The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Complete Series Slipcase will be released on July 04, 2013 in Other
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Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The Seeing Stone
Feb 02, 2013
Notebook for Fantastical Observations will be released on December 11, 2012 in eBook
Dec 11, 2012
Notebook for Fantastical Observations is now available in eBook
Dec 11, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The Seeing Stone
Oct 09, 2012
Valiant will be released on September 27, 2012 in eBook
Sep 27, 2012
Valiant is now available in eBook
Sep 27, 2012
Tithe will be released on September 27, 2012 in eBook
Sep 27, 2012
Tithe is now available in eBook
Sep 27, 2012
Ironside will be released on September 27, 2012 in eBook
Sep 27, 2012
Ironside is now available in eBook
Sep 27, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The Seeing Stone
Sep 01, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The Field Guide
Sep 01, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Wrath of Mulgarath
Sep 01, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Lucinda's Secret
Aug 09, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Tithe
Jul 25, 2012

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Examiner.com, June 13, 2013
...rights to all of Clare’s projects including her upcoming middle grade series “Magisterium,” which is co-written with Holly Black. Clare also mentioned an interesting graphic novel project in the works called TST, which will center around...
PublishersWeekly.com, June 10, 2013
...who holds a seed and makes a wish before he plants it in the ground. 1011 a.m.: Holly Black. Doll Bones (S&S/McElderry, booth 2312). A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure. 10:3011 a.m.: Jessie Hartland. Bon Appetit! The...
Guardian.co.uk, June 7, 2013
...This site belongs to kids who love reading. Find out more about the people who contribute to it here • Meet the teen site members: A-F, G-L, T-Z • Meet the members: 7 and under• Meet the members: 8-12 years mariakozhuhar Me in 10 words: Punctual,...
The Gulf Today, June 6, 2013
...Authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black reunited and celebrated the tenth anniversary of The Field Guide, the first book in their series, The Spiderwick Chronicles. The fantasy books are about three siblings who move into...
Washington Post, June 4, 2013
...reminiscent of the fraught, funny coming-of-age film Stand by Me (1986). (Margaret K. McElderry) - âDoll Bonesâ by Holly Black //start: gog-left-rail-main.js $(".hover-sensitive").hover( function() , function() ); $(".profile.v2...
School Library Journal, June 4, 2013
...Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (I’ve re-read Christie every summer since middle school), followed by Holly Black’s Doll Bones (love that cover), and The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer (love that author). � I head to my beach house in two...
School Library Journal, June 2, 2013
...among panelists of the appropriate ways to use the Internet in promoting to the middle-grade level. YA author Holly Black surprised the audience with a dramatic reading of a poem she wrote as a tween. Taming the Monsters At midday, the crowd was...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 31, 2013
...YA titles from big-name authors include Maggie Stiefvater's second Raven Boys novel, Dream Thieves (Scholastic Press), and Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (Little, Brown's first vampire novel since Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books); Fangirl by...
Kirkus Reviews, May 31, 2013
...SF/F and writes a tale of villainy and superheroes— the perfect combination. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black. Based on her excellent short story of the same name (published in the anthology The Eternal Kiss), this is a...
School Library Journal, May 30, 2013
...favorites? Becoming Marie Antoinette: A Novel by Juliet Grey (for our second Saturday book club), Doll Bones by Holly Black, P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia, Feel Good Food: Wholefood Recipes for Happy, Healthy Living by Tony Chiodo, Don?t Let...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 29, 2013
...autographs posters for Mr. Tiger Goes Wild and Jerry Pinkney autographs posters for The Tortoise and the Hare. Holly Black will be at the booth tomorrow, 11 a.m.noon, to sign ARCs of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, which the publisher is promoting with a...
School Library Journal, May 29, 2013
...Chronicle Books, Harlequin Teen, HarperCollins Publishers, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lerner Publishing Group, Little, Brown and Company Luncheon Speaker: Holly Black Holly Black Is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and...
Appeal-Democrat.com, May 25, 2013
..."Henry and Mudge" (and other titles in the series) by Cynthia Rylant; "Spiderwick Chronicles" by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black; "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi. Books to Buy The following books are available at your favorite...
Individual.com, May 23, 2013
...and you will be able to taste each dish at the conclusion of the class," Extension Agent Holly Black said. "If you attend all four classes, you will receive a 'Cooking Well with Diabetes Tastes of Texas' cookbook." "Cooking Well with Diabetes" classes...