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Francesca Lia Block

Francesca Lia Block, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Award, is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling books, including Weetzie Bat, Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books, Psyche in a Dress, and Blood Roses. Her work is published around the world.


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Books
How to (Un)cage a Girl How to (Un)cage a Girl
A celebration of girls and women in a three part poetry collection that...
Blood Roses Blood Roses
What shall we do, all of us? All of us passionate girls who fear crushing...
Guarding the Moon Guarding the Moon
The author of the critically acclaimed, award–winning Weetzie Bat...

Interview

Q: The narrative of Ruby alternates between the experiences of two characters—Ruby and Orion. To what extent did the decision to incorporate two narratives relate to the fact that this novel was written by two people?
A: We wrote everything together but Ruby's first person voice was based on Carmen's natural voice and Orion's third person narrative was something that we discovered together later. It was certainly helpful to have two authors in terms of creating contrasting narratives.

Q: How would you...

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