Creator / Holly Black

Holly Black (born Holly Riggenbach, November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor who is probably most well known for co-writing The Spiderwick Chronicles with Tony DiTerlizzi. She has also written several other books, including Modern Faerie Tales, The Good Neighbors, The Curse Workers, The Darkest Part of the Forest and Book Of Night. She also co-edited the anthologies Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd and Zombies vs. Unicorns.

Inspired by a childhood immersed in fairy tales, most of her books feature the supernatural and The Fair Folk. Not always portrayed so positively, either—the supernatural creatures in her stories are usually of the cruel, vindictive, yet terribly beautiful variety. Her young adult works also have a generous helping of Body Horror and Gorn.

She's good friends with Cassandra Clare, and the two of them have worked on a joint project The Magisterium.

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Her works include:

Literature

Young Adult

• Modern Faerie Tales
  • Tithe (2002)
  • Valiant (2005)
  • Ironside (2007)
• The Curse Workers
  • White Cat (2010)
  • Red Glove (2011)
  • Black Heart (2012)
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (2013)
• The Darkest Part of the Forest (2015)
• The Folk of the Air
  • The Cruel Prince (2018)
  • The Wicked King (2019)
  • The Queen of Nothing (2020)
  • How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (2020)
• The Stolen Heir Duology
  • The Stolen Heir (2023)
  • The Prisoner's Throne (2024)

Middle Grade

• The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Original series (2003–2004)
  • Companion books (2005–2006)
  • Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles (2007–2009)
• Doll Bones (2013)
• The Magisterium (co-written with Cassandra Clare)
  • The Iron Trial (2014)
  • The Copper Gauntlet (2015)
  • The Bronze Key (2016)
  • The Silver Mask (2017)
  • The Golden Tower (2018)
• Heart Of The Moors (2019) — Tie-In Novel to Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Adult

• Book Of Night (2022)

Anthologies Edited

• Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd (2009) (with Cecil Castellucci)
• Zombies vs. Unicorns (2010) (with Justine Larbalestier)
• Welcome To Bordertown (2011) (with Ellen Kushner)

Collections

• The Poison Eaters And Other Stories (2010)

Short Fiction

• "Lights Out" in 12 Doctors 12 Stories (2014)
• "Krampuslauf", My True Love Gave To Me (2014)
• "Ten Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (The Successful Kind)", Monstrous Affections (2014)

Picture Books

• Sir Morien (2023) (with Kaliis Smith, illus. Ebony Glenn)

Comics

• The Good Neighbors (2008–2010)
• A Flight Of Angels (2011) (with various authors)
• Lucifer (2015–2017)
• Lumberjanes 2017 Special: Faire & Square #1 (with three other writers)

Film

• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008): Executive producer

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Her works contain examples of:

• The Fair Folk: Fairies in her books are dangerous, tricky beings who operate on Blue-and-Orange Morality, with many being outright malicious.

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