Francesca Lia Block (Born in Los Angeles, California on 3rd January 1962) is the author of many highly original young adult books, most famously the Weetzie Bat series. Her first book, Weetzie Bat, was published in 1989. It was renowned for its use of imagery, especially in describing the city of Los Angeles. One New York Times Book Review critic said, "Block writes about the real Los Angeles better than anyone since Raymond Chandler."

Ms. Block was born in Los Angeles to a poet and a painter, their creativity an obvious influence on her writing. Another influence was her childhood love of Greek mythology and fairy tales. She has lived in the city all her life, and still resides there with her husband and her one-year old daughter. (About whom she wrote her book Guarding the Moon) She left only to attend university at the University of California, Berkeley. She has often professed her love of Los Angeles, calling it a "Jasmine-scented, jacaranda-purple, neon sparked city," which she has nicknamed in her books "Shangri-LA."

She is currently developing an original show for MTV and writing the screenplay which will bring Weetzie Bat to the cinema.

Bibliography

Weetzie Bat Series

1. Weetzie Bat (1989)
2. Witch Baby (1991)
3. Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992)
4. Missing Angel Juan (1993)
5. Baby Be-Bop (1995)

• Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (collection) (1998)
• Beautiful Boys: Two Weetzie Bat Books (collection) (2004)
• Goat Girls: Two Weetzie Bat Books (collection) (2004)

Novels

• Ecstasia (1993)
• The Hanged Man (1994)
• Primavera (1994)
• I Was A Teenage Fairy (1998)
• Violet and Claire (1999)
• Echo (2001)
• Wasteland (2003)

Collections

• Moon Harvest: Poems (poetry) (1978)
• Season of Green: Poems (poetry) (1979)
• The Rose and the Beast: Nine Fairy Tales (1993)
• Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories (1996)
• Nymph: Nine Erotic Stories (2000)

Non-Fiction

• Zine Scene: the do it yourself guide to zines (1998)
• Guarding the Moon: A Mother's First Year (2003)