Francesca Lia Block
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born
January 03, 1962
gender
female
place of birth
Los Angeles, The United States
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Poetry, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction
about this author
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 University of California, 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."
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Weetzie Bat (Weetzie Bat, #1) by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 3.83 — 2,129 ratings — published 1989 11 editions |
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Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 4.31 — 1,855 ratings — published 1998 5 editions |
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I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 3.71 — 1,298 ratings — published 1998 8 editions |
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The Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 3.72 — 1,159 ratings — published 2000 8 editions |
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Violet & Claire by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 3.72 — 1,078 ratings — published 1999 6 editions |
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Echo by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 3.81 — 992 ratings — published 2001 6 editions |
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Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 3.84 — 967 ratings — published 1996 7 editions |
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Witch Baby (Weetzie Bat, #2) by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 4.13 — 767 ratings — published 1991 7 editions |
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The Hanged Man by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 3.81 — 767 ratings — published 1994 5 editions |
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Wasteland by Francesca Lia Block avg rating 3.82 — 662 ratings — published 2003 4 editions |
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"You are in my blood. I cant help it. We can't be anywhere except together"
— Francesca Lia Block (Weetzie Bat)
— Francesca Lia Block (Weetzie Bat)
"A kiss about apple pie a la mode with the vanilla creaminess melting in the pie heat. A kiss about chocolate, when you haven't eaten chocolate in a year. A kiss about palm trees speeding by, trailing pink clouds when you drive down the Strip sizzling with champagne. A kiss about spotlights fanning the sky and the swollen sea spilling like tears all over your legs."
— Francesca Lia Block
— Francesca Lia Block
"Just like any woman,...we weave our stories out of our bodies. Some of us through our children, or our art; some do it just by living. It's all the same."
— Francesca Lia Block
— Francesca Lia Block
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