2001: Dangerous Angels was inducted into the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Hall of Fame.1996: Baby Be-Bop was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Young Adult/Children's Book.One New York Times Book Review critic said, 'Block writes about the real Los Angeles better than anyone since Raymond Chandler.' Personal life īlock is known for her use of imagery, especially in describing the city of Los Angeles. In 2018, it was confirmed that Weetzie Bat would be produced as a feature film, with Justin Kelly attached as director.

Block's work has been translated into several different languages, including French, Italian, German, and Japanese, and is published around the world. Block is a member of the Authors Guild, Authors League of America, and the Writers Guild of America. In 2014, Block was named Writer-in-Residence at Pasadena City College. She attributed her success partly to publishers being interested in shorter books. Since then, she has released several standalone collections of poetry, as well as incorporating poetry and lyrics into many of her novels.īlock did not originally start out with an editor, but was published by using her connections. Her first two books, Moon Harvest (1978) and Season of Green (1979), were small-press illustrated poetry collections, now out of print. Career īlock writes both novels and poetry. She is known for the Weetzie Bat series, which she began while a student at UC Berkeley.īlock was born in Los Angeles to a poet and a painter. Francesca Lia Block (born December 3, 1962) is an American writer of adult and young-adult literature.

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