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VJ Books Presents Author Holly Black!

Author Holly BlackHolly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tale series, the Curse Workers series, Doll Bones, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, the Magisterium series (with Cassandra Clare) and The Darkest Part of the Forest. She has been a a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award, the Mythopoeic Award and a Newbery Honor. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret door.





Holly Black Book List and Awards
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Book of Night
Signed First Edition

Book of Night by Holly Black

Holly Black Bibliography

Novels


  • Book of Night - 2022

Young adult novels


Modern Faerie Tales
  • Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale - 2002
  • Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie - 2005
  • Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale - 2007

The Curse Workers
  • White Cat - 2010
  • Red Glove - 2011
  • Black Heart - 2012

Folk of the Air
  1. The Cruel Prince - 2018
  2. The Wicked King - 2019
  3. Queen of Nothing (estimated 2020

Standalone
  • The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - 2013
  • The Darkest Part of the Forest - 2015

Middle School Grade Novels


The Magisterium Series
  • The Iron Trial - 2014, Black and Cassandra Clare, illus. Scott Fischer (artist)
  • The Copper Gauntlet - 2015, Black and Cassandra Clare, illus. Scott Fischer (artist)
  • The Bronze Key - 2016, Black and Cassandra Clare, illus. Scott Fischer (artist)
  • The Silver Mask - 2017, Black and Cassandra Clare, illus. Scott Fischer (artist)
  • The Golden Tower - 2018, Black and Cassandra Clare, illus. Scott Fischer (artist)

The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • The Field Guide - 2003, Black and Tony DiTerlizzi (writing Spiderwick)
  • The Seeing Stone - 2003
  • Lucinda's Secret - 2003
  • The Ironwood Tree - 2004
  • The Wrath of Mulgarath - 2004

Companion Books
  • Arthur Spiderwick's Notebook of Fantastical Observations - 2005
  • Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You - 2005
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles: Care and Feeding of Sprites - 2006

Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
  • The Nixie's Song - 2007
  • A Giant Problem - 2008
  • The Wyrm King - 2009

Standalone
  • Doll Bones - 2013, illus. Eliza Wheeler

Graphic novels


The Good Neighbors
  • The Good Neighbors: Kin (Graphix, 2008, illus. Ted Naifeh
  • The Good Neighbors: Kith - 2009
  • The Good Neighbors: Kind - 2010

Lucifer
  • Lucifer #1 - 2015

Short stories
  • "Hades and Persephone" (1997 in Prisoners of the Night
  • "The Night Market" - 2004 in The Faery Reel: Tales from a Twilight Realm
  • "Heartless" - 2005 in Young Warriors: Stories of Strength
  • "Going Ironside" - 2007 in Endicott Journal of Mythic Arts
  • "In Vodka Veritas" - 2007 in 21 Proms
  • "Reversal of Fortune" - 2007 in The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
  • "The Poison Eaters" - 2007, The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural, ed. Deborah Noyes
  • "Paper Cuts Scissors" (October 2007 in Realms of Fantasy
  • "The Coat of Stars" - 2007 in So Fey
  • "Virgin" - 2008 in Magic in the Mirrorstone
  • "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" - 2009 in Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales
  • "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" - 2009 in The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
  • "A Very Short Story" - 2009 in Half-Minute Horrors
  • "The Dog King" - 2010 in The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
  • "The Land of Heart's Desire" - 2010 in The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
  • "The Arn Thompson Classification Review" - 2010 in Full Moon City
  • "Sobek" - 2010 in Wings of Fire
  • "Everything Amiable and Obliging"- 2011 in Steampunk!
  • "The Perfect Dinner Party" (with Cassandra Clare, 2011 in Teeth
  • "The Rowan Gentleman" (with Cassandra Clare, 2011 in Welcome to Bordertown
  • "Noble Rot" - 2011 in Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy
  • "Coat of Stars" - 2012 in Bloody Fabulous
  • "Little Gods" - 2012 in Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron
  • "Millcara" - 2013 in Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales
  • "Sisters Before Misters" - 2014 (with Sarah Rees Brennan and Cassandra Clare) in Dark Duets: All-New Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy
  • "1UP" - 2015 in Press Start to Play
  • "Ten Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (the Successful Kind)" - 2014 in Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales

Collections
  • The Poison Eaters and other stories - 2010, illus. Theo Black

Anthologies edited
  • Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd - 2009, eds. Black and Cecil Castellucci
  • Zombies vs. Unicorns - 2010, eds. Black and Justine Larbalestier
  • Welcome to Bordertown - 2011, eds. Black and Ellen Kushner

Awards

Nominated
  • 2006 Locus Award -- Young Adult, Valiant
  • 2014 Locus Award -- Young Adult, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
  • 2014 Land of Enchantment Book Award -- Young Adult, Doll Bones
  • 2015 Green Mountain Book Award -- Grades 9-12, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
  • 2015 Indies Choice Book Award -- Young Adult (Finalist), The Darkest Part of the Forest
  • 2015 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Young Adult, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
  • 2015 Colorado Children's Book Award -- Junior Novel, Doll Bones
  • 2015 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award -- Children's, Doll Bones
  • 2015 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's, Doll Bones
  • 2015 Kentucky Bluegrass Award -- Grades 6-8, Doll Bones
  • 2015 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction, Doll Bones
  • 2015 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 3-6, Doll Bones
  • 2015 Rhode Island Children's Book Award -- Grades 3-6, Doll Bones
  • 2015 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 6-8, Doll Bones
  • 2016 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Senior/Grades 10-12, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
  • 2016 California Young Reader Medal -- Middle School, Doll Bones
  • 2016 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction, Doll Bones
  • 2016 Sequoyah Book Award -- Intermediate, Doll Bones]
  • 2016 William Allen White Childens Book Award -- Grades 6-8, Doll Bones
  • 2016 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Intermediate, Doll Bones

Won
  • 2006: Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie
  • 2014: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in Children's Literature, Doll Bones[12]
  • 2014: Newbery Honor Book, Doll Bones
  • 2014 Delaware Diamonds Award -- High School, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
  • 2015 Indies Choice Book Award -- Young Adult, The Darkest Part of the Forest

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