I just read on the NYT (although maybe Sarah already knows this because she's on the cutting edge of Library News) that our own Francesca Lia Block is being awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award for a lifetime's achievement in Y.A. literature. She joins such greats as M.E. Kerr, Paul Zindel, Madeline L'Engle, and CHRIS CRUTCHER TAKE THAT YOU CRUSTY OLD PARENTS.
The New York Times article has a wonderful photograph of her encrusted in frills and jewelly bits.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Ooh, you scooped me!
I like how she describes her style and think it quite accurate: Ms. Block, 42, writes in a style that she says is influenced by Greek myth, the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the modernist poetry of T. S. Eliot and H. D. Her stories abound with sudden transformations, fairies, genies and ghosts.I'm also really interested in the adult Weetzie book she has coming out. I've only read that one book for YA class and would like to read more.
Post a Comment