Francesca Block

Francesca Lia Block (Fiction and Writing for Young People) has published over 25 works of fiction, non-fiction, short stories, and poetry for adults, young adults, and children, including the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement award-winning Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books. She teaches at UCLA Extension, WWLA, and privately and is honored to be a part of the Antioch Los Angeles MFA program. Her latest publications are the adult novels Beyond The Pale Motel (St. Martins Press, 2014) and The Elementals (St. Martins Press, 2012) and she has a memoir/writing guide called The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process (Seal Press, 2018).