Francesca Lia Block
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-02
Francesca Lia Block is an American writer of adult and young-adult fiction, nonfiction, short stories and poetry. She was born on December 3, 1962, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of the poet Gilda Block and the screenwriter and painter Irving Block. She attended North Hollywood High School and the University of California, Berkeley, and later earned an MFA from the University of California, Riverside. She has taught at the University of Redlands, UCLA Extension and Antioch University, and was named Writer-in-Residence at Pasadena City College in 2014. She regards her books as part of the magical realism tradition and cites Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende and Emily Dickinson as influences. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 2005 for the first five Weetzie Bat books. She has two children and lives in Los Angeles.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 7
- Current rank: #778 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.89
- Award recognitions: 1 won, 1 nomination
Books
Aggregate across all universes
- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 7 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 2 (1 won, 1 nomination)
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Weetzie Bat (1989) · Weetzie Bat Core Canon
Witch Baby (1991) · Weetzie Bat Core Canon
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992) · Weetzie Bat Core Canon
Missing Angel Juan (1993) · Weetzie Bat Core Canon
Baby Be-Bop (1995) · Weetzie Bat Core Canon
Necklace of Kisses (2005) · Weetzie Bat Core Canon
Pink Smog (2012) · Weetzie Bat Core Canon