Francesca Lia Block Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of production materials for numerous young adult books by Francesca Lia Block, including typescripts, corrected typescripts, proofs, correspondence, and notes.
Dates
- 1989 - 2003
Creator
- Block, Francesca Lia (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Francesca Lia Block was born in Los Angeles on December 3, 1962. Both of her parents were artists, and her father also worked in the movie business. While she attended the University of California, Berkeley, she started writing her first book, Weetzie Bat, as a sort of love letter to the Hollywood scene she had experienced in high school. It became the first of a series of young adult books about the Los Angeles punk rock subculture. Block describes her works as “contemporary fairy tales with an edge.” She lives in California.
Extent
5 Cubic Feet (4 record cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of production materials for young adult books by Francesca Lia Block.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged in alphabetically by publication title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Francesca Lia Block.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emotional problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fairy tales Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fantasy fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ghost stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Homosexuality -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Incest -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Punk culture -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sexual abuse victims -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Short stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Young adult fiction, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Young adult literature, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Francesca Lia Block Papers, 1989-2003
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nancy Larsen
- Date
- June 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- March 2013: Collection reprocessed by Mary Blissenbach; EAD updated by Mary Blissenbach and Karen Spilman
- March 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
