Francesca Lia Block

Francesca Lia Block is a US-based writer or magical realism / urban fantasy, best known for her YA "Weetzie Bat" books.

Works

Novels

Weetzie Bat series

• Weetzie Bat (1989)
• Witch Baby (1991)
• Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992)
• Missing Angel Juan (1993)
• Baby Be-Bop (1995)
• Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (1998) bind-up of the above 5 novels
• Necklace of Kisses (2005)

Ecstasia duology

• Ecstasia (1993)
• Primavera (1994)

Stand-alone novels

• The Hanged Man (1994)
• I Was A Teenage Fairy (1998)
• Violet and Claire (1999)
• Echo (2001)
• Wasteland (2003)
• Ruby (2006)
• Psyche In A Dress (2006)
• Quakeland (2008)
• The Waters & the Wild (2009, forthcoming)
• Pretty Dead (2009, forthcoming)

Short story collections

• Girl Goddess #9 (1996)
• Nymph: Nine Erotic Stories (2000)
• The Rose and the Beast: Nine Fairy Tales (2000)
• Blood Roses (2008)

Poetry

• Moon Harvest: Poems (1978)
• Season of Green: Poems (1979)
• How to (Un)cage a Girl (2008)
• Open Letter to Quiet Light (2009, forthcoming)

Non-fiction

• Zine Scene: the Do It Yourself Guide to Zines (1998) with Hillary Carlip
• Guarding the Moon: A Mother's First Year (2003)

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