Holly Black

Holly Black is an American author and editor most known for her Spiderwick Chronicles and more recently, her Folk of Air Trilogy.

Early Life:
Holly Black was born in West Long Branch, New Jersey in 1971. She earned a degree in English from The College of New Jersey in 1994. Before publishing her debut book, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, in 2002, she worked as an editor of medical journals.

Then, in 1999 Black married her high school sweetheart, Theodore Black. The two first met back in high school while Holly Riggenbach was playing Dungeons & Dragons.

She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library.

The Folk of Air

 * The Cruel Prince (Folk of Air #1)
 * The Lost Sisters (Folk of Air #1.5)
 * The Wicked King (Folk of Air #2)
 * The Queen of Nothing (Folk of Air #3)
 * How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (Folk of Air #3.5)

Magisterium Series
co-authored with Cassandra Clare


 * The Iron Trial
 * The Copper Gauntlet
 * The Bronze Key
 * The Silver Mask
 * The Golden Tower

Curse Worker Series

 * White Cat
 * Red Glove
 * Black Heart

Good Neighbors Series
Graphic Novels


 * Kin
 * Kith
 * Kind

Spiderwick Chronicles
with Tony DiTerlizzi


 * The Field Guide
 * The Seeing Stone
 * Lucinda's Secret
 * The Ironwood Tree
 * The Wrath of Mulgarath

Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles:
with Tony DiTerlizzi


 * The Nixie's Song
 * A Giant Problem
 * The Wyrm King

Spiderwick Chronicles - Companion Novels:
with Tony DiTerlizzi


 * Notebook for Fantastical Observations
 * Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World
 * Around You
 * Care and Feeding of Sprites
 * The Chronicles of Spiderwick

Modern Tale of Faerie:

 * Tithe
 * Valiant
 * Ironside

Standalones:

 * Doll Bones with Eliza Wheeler
 * The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
 * The Darkest Part of the Forest

Awards Won:

 * 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction - The Queen of Nothing
 * 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction - The Wicked King
 * 2014 John Newberry Medal - Doll Bones
 * 2005 Andre Norton Award - Valiant

The Spiderwick Chronicles:
A film adaptation of the series was released in 2008. There is no talk of producing a second movie since the overall plot was covered in the first (and last) movie.

The full cast list can be found here:

The Cruel Prince:
More info to come!