Search - List of Books by Francesca Lia Block

Francesca Lia Block (born December 3, 1962) is the author of many young adult books, most famously the Weetzie Bat series. Block wrote her first book, Weetzie Bat, while a student at UC Berkeley; it was published in 1989 by Harper Collins. She is known for her use of imagery, especially in describing the city of Los Angeles. One New York Times Book Review critic said, "Block writes about the real Los Angeles better than anyone since Raymond Chandler." She has collaborated with artistic photographer Suza Scalora to write Evidence of Angels set for release in October 2009.

Block was born in Los Angeles to a poet and a painter, their creativity an obvious influence on her writing. Another influence was her childhood love of Greek mythology and fairy tales. She has lived in the city all her life, and still resides there with her daughter, Jasmine Angelina (about whom she wrote her book Guarding the Moon), her son Samuel Alexander, and her two dogs: a springer spaniel named Vincent Van Go Go Boots and a beagle mix named Thumper. She left only to attend the UC Berkeley. She has often professed her love of Los Angeles, calling it a "jasmine-scented, jacaranda-purple, neon sparked city," which she has nicknamed in her books "Shangri-LA."

She is currently developing an original show for MTV and writing the screenplay which will bring Weetzie Bat to the cinema. She is also the recipient of the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Library Association. Block's work has been translated into seven different languages and is published around the world.

Block is a member of the Authors Guild, Authors League of America, and the Writers Guild of America.

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Total Books: 136
The Elementals
2013 - The Elementals (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781250036292
ISBN-10: 1250036291
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Love in the Time of Global Warming
2013 - Love in the Time of Global Warming (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780805096279
ISBN-10: 0805096272
Genre: Teens
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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The Frenzy
2011 - The Frenzy (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061926686
ISBN-10: 006192668X
Genres: Children's Books, Teens
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Fairy Tales in Electri-City
2011 - Fairy Tales in Electri-city (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780979420870
ISBN-10: 0979420873
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Roses and Bones Myths Tales and Secrets
2011 - Roses and Bones Myths Tales and Secrets (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780062019547
ISBN-10: 0062019546
Genre: Teens
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 2

Dangerous Angels The Weetzie Bat Books
2010 - Dangerous Angels the Weetzie Bat Books (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780062007407
ISBN-10: 0062007408
Genre: Teens
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Pretty Dead
2010 - Pretty Dead (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061547874
ISBN-10: 0061547875
Genre: Teens
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 4

Kisses From Hell
2010 - Kisses From Hell (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061956966
ISBN-10: 0061956961
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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House of Dolls
2010 - House of Dolls (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780061130946
ISBN-10: 006113094X
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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How Beautiful the Ordinary Twelve Stories of Identity
2009 - How Beautiful the Ordinary Twelve Stories of Identity (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780061154980
ISBN-10: 0061154989
Genre: Teens
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 2

Evidence of Angels
2009 - Evidence of Angels (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780061243431
ISBN-10: 0061243434
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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How to cage a Girl
2009 - How to Cage a Girl [Un] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061358388
ISBN-10: 006135838X
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2

Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur A Mythological Dating Guide
2009 - Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur a Mythological Dating Guide (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781596916227
ISBN-10: 1596916222
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1

Blood Roses
2009 - Blood Roses (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780060763862
ISBN-10: 0060763868
Genres: Children's Books, Teens
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
 6

The Waters and the Wild
2009 - The Waters and the Wild (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780061452444
ISBN-10: 0061452440
Genres: Children's Books, Teens
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
 4

The Waters  the Wild
2009 - The Waters the Wild (Other)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061452451
ISBN-10: 0061452459
Genre: Teens
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Open Letter to Quiet Light
2009 - Open Letter to Quiet Light (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781933149301
ISBN-10: 1933149302
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 2

2008 - Goat Girls [Weetzie Bat] (Other)Paperback
I Was a Teenage Fairy
2008 - I Was a Teenage Fairy [Ageless Books] (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781435236387
ISBN-10: 1435236386
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Quakeland
2008 - Quakeland (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781933149233
ISBN-10: 193314923X
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Topmodel
2007 - Topmodel (Other)
ISBN-13: 9783473543007
ISBN-10: 3473543004
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Ruby
2007 - Ruby (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780060840587
ISBN-10: 0060840587
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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2006 - Necklace of Kisses [Weetzie Bat, Bk 6] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2004 - Echo (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
2003 - Nymph (Hardcover)
2003 - Baby Be-bop [Dangerous Angels] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2002 - Missing Angel Juan [Dangerous Angels] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2002 - Echo (Paperback)Hardcover
2001 - Echo (Hardcover)Paperback
2001 - Echo (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
1998 - Dangerous Angels [Weetzie Bat Books] (Other)Paperback
1997 - Baby Be-bop [Weetzie Bat] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1995 - Missing Angel Juan [Weetzie Bat] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1992 - Witch Baby [Weetzie Bat] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover