Francesca Lia Block has cited the writings of Isabel Allende as an influence on her own work.
Francesca Lia Block has cited the writings of Hilda Doolittle as an influence on her own work.
Francesca Lia Block has cited the writings of Gabriel Garcia Marquez as an influence on her own work.
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The daughter of a poet mother and a painter father, Francesca Lia Block wrote her first book, WEETZIE BAT, while still a student at the University of California-Berkley. Although she also writes nonfiction and adult erotica, Block is best known for her young adult novels--which she describes as "contemporary fairy tales with an edge." Indeed, although written in a dreamy style, Block's characters in such books as THE HANGED MAN, WITCH BABY, VIOLET & CLAIRE, and MISSING ANGEL JUAN deal with such more...
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1962 Los Angeles, Southern California, California, Pacific States, Western States, United States,
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One of my favorite books ever.