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Holly Black

1971 - Today

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Holly Black (née Riggenbach; born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Her most recent work is the New York Times bestselling young adult Folk of the Air series. She is also well known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales. Black has won a Nebula Award and a Newbery Honor. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Holly Black is the 5,467th most popular writer (down from 5,274th in 2019), the 8,618th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,640th in 2019) and the 638th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Holly Black ranks 5,467 out of 7,302Before her are Hellmuth Karasek, August Gailit, Peter Englund, Kang Kyeong-ae, Ghazaros Aghayan, and Alexander Shishkov. After her are Sven Delblanc, Max Eastman, Dorothy Allison, Isabel-Clara Simó, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Ulrich Plenzdorf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Holly Black ranks 226Before her are Davide Rebellin, Stefano Accorsi, Aygün Kazımova, Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, Besnik Hasi, and Finidi George. After her are Yasushi Mizusaki, Thomas Helveg, Jonathan Davis, Jim Root, Tomislav Erceg, and Missy Elliott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Holly Black ranks 8,620 out of 20,380Before her are Jack Swagger (1982), Judith O'Dea (1945), Otto Kruger (1885), William Thompson (1908), Ken Olsen (1926), and Richard Jefferson (1980). After her are James Drury (1934), Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Leonard Warren (1911), Tiffani Thiessen (1974), Art Acord (1890), and Max Eastman (1883).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Holly Black ranks 638Before her are Fran Lebowitz (1950), Chaim Potok (1929), Robert Christgau (1942), Alison Lurie (1926), Walter J. Ong (1912), and Robert Bly (1926). After her are Max Eastman (1883), Dorothy Allison (1949), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Judith Krantz (1928), Sara Paretsky (1947), and Lew Rockwell (1944).