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Holly Black is one of the most famous American writers in the youth fantasy genre. He has stood out for the elaboration of excellent series of books, such as: The Spiderwick Chronicles y The Folk of the Air (The inhabitants of the air). His works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have allowed him to be on the list of bestsellers en The New York Times on several occasions.
The author has also produced works in collaboration with other renowned writers. With Cassandra Clare he wrote Masterium (2014). For their part, Cecil Castellucci, Justine Larbalestier and Ellen Kushner are among the other figures with whom he has worked together. In addition, is known for her graphic novel series: The Good Neighbors, which was nominated for the Eisner Awards in 2009.
Holly Black Biography
Holly Riggenbach, writer and editor, was born in New Jersey on November 10, 1971. She spent her childhood in her hometown and from a very young age she showed a great interest in reading. About his parents, little information is available. His professional studies were carried out at The College of New Jersey, where in 1994 he obtained a BA in English.
Currently, resides in Massachusetts, New England, with her husband Theo Black, with whom he married in 1999 and whose relationship resulted in his first-born son: Sebastián Black.
Literary race
Black published his first book in 2002, The Tribute: A Modern Fairy Tale. This was listed by the American Library Association among the best books for young adults. In 2005, he supplemented the story with valiant, work with which he obtained the Nebula award 2006. Later presented the sequel: Ironside (2007) included in the list of best sellers in The New York Times.
Big success
One of the most significant moments in Holly Black's career came in 2003, when with artist Tony DiTerlizzi (Caldecott award) presented the first books in the bestselling series Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide and The Seeing Stone. These were supplemented the following year with: Lucinda's Secret, The Ironwood Tree and The Wrath of Mulgarath.
Black He has also made other books related to the world of spiderwick, Such as: Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to The Fantastical World Around You (2005) The Notebook for Fantastical Observations (2005) and Care and Feeding of Sprites (2006). In 2008, the series was successfully adapted to the cinema under the name: The Spiderwick Chronicles, starring actor Freddie Highmore.
Works with other writers
The American has produced some books in conjunction with other important figures in the literary field, including: Geektastic (Cecil Castellucci, 2009), zombies vs. unicorns (Justine Larbalestier, 2010), Welcome to Bordertown (Elllen Kushner, 2011) and the book series called Masterium (2014), written in the company Cassandra Clare and composed of 5 copies.
Latest books
His most recent work corresponds to the trilogy: The Folk of the Air. This book series begins with The Cruel Prince (2018), which was for several weeks on the list bestsellers en The New York Times. He continued a year later with The wicked king (2019) —Also number one in sales—, and The queen of nowhere (2019), with which he ended the trilogy.
Best Holly Black books
The Tribute: A Modern Fairy Tale (2002)
It is Holly Black's first book, and it also begins the saga: Modern fairy tale. It is a fantasy novel set in New Jersey, where the real world is mixed with another magical one inhabited by fairies. Among the main characters is Kaye, a young woman who returns to her hometown and yearns to see those fantastic beings with whom she played as a child.
Synopsis
Kaye keeps traveling constantly in company of a rock band formed by his mother, Ellen, and his stepfather. After showing up one night in a bar, Ellen is brutally attacked by her partner, consequently, she decides to return to New Jersey with her daughter. Kaye really likes the idea of going back to see her best friend Janet and perhaps her imaginary friends, which she claims are real.
As soon as they arrive in town, Kaye looks everywhere for these magical characters, but without success. One night he goes out with Janet to have fun, but something goes wrong and he decides to return. In the middle of the forest, Kaye finds Roiben badly injured, whom he helps and with whom he will meet again Thanks to that meeting, he receives a message from those imaginary friends, warning him to stay away from Roiben.
From there, Kaye achieves what I longed for so much, meet fairies. They They warn him not to approach Roiben since he belongs to the Dark Court and is a very dangerous being. In addition, They let her know that it is up to her that the fairies remain free. Roiben, meanwhile, will try to show her another side of that world that she does not know.
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Evil Ogre (2004)
The evil ogre is the fifth book of The Spiderwick Chronicles. Like the other stories that make up this saga, it is a children's fantasy novel with illustrations by Tony DiTerlizzi. This story ends the first series of works created by these two artists, which was a best seller.
Synopsis
The plot begins with the return of Jared, Simon and Mallory to their home., which they find shattered, y in which, in addition, his mother is not here. They immediately come to the conclusion that the evil Mulgarath is responsible, so they decide to go out in search of him to defeat him.
Thus, will go on an adventure where, apart from ending Mulgarath, They will have to rescue Arthur Spiderwick, who will help them regain their world.
The queen of nothing (2019)
This book by Black represents the last title of the trilogy The Folk of the Air, a fantasy novel romantic It takes place long after June is declared Queen of the Fairies and expelled by King Cardan., becoming the queen of nothing. For a long time, June had to struggle with her feelings due to Cardan's betrayal, in addition to adjusting to the mortal world.
The release of the film adaptation of this trilogy is expected soon, since the per producer Universal Pictures acquired the audiovisual rights to this story. Director Michael De Luca will be making the film, so it will be on the big screen shortly.
Synopsis
June, who is exiled from the Faerie world, must return and face Cardan, due to a request from her twin sister Taryn, who is in danger. Being there, A curse will be unleashed, prompting the protagonist to debate whether to break the hex or return to the real world. However, this last choice would damage Faerie's balance.
This is how various scenarios are presented where June and Cardan will be the protagonists. And little by little, After all the events meticulously spun by Black, he awaits an end full of many feelings.
