Holly Black

Participates in 7 items

Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tale series, the Curse Workers series, Doll Bones,The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, and two new forthcoming novels, The Iron Trial (the first book of the Magisterium series with Cassandra Clare) and The Darkest Part of the Forest. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award, a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of both an Andre Norton Award and a Newbery Honor. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret door.

Sessions in which Holly Black participates

Friday 10 August, 2012

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

Dark Deeds

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Waldorf Room

Panel

Daniel Ehrenhaft (Moderator)

Holly Black (Participant)

Margaret Stohl (Participant)

Rebecca Sherman (Participant)

Amanda Hocking (Participant)

Sometimes, you must kill. (Well, in books.) Bad stuff has to happen in stories. Our panelists discuss the dark side: writing about murder and thing...

11:00 AM

How Not to Write a Book

50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Williford Room

Panel

Daniel Ehrenhaft (Moderator)

Holly Black (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

Megan Whalen Turner (Participant)

Sometimes, the most valuable advice you can get is what not to do. In this panel, writers talk about their mistakes small and large. Learn about pi...

12:00 PM

Holly Black and Megan Whalen Turner in Conversation

50 minutes, 12:00 PM CDT - 12:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Boulevard Room

Panel

Holly Black (Participant)

Megan Whalen Turner (Participant)

2:00 PM

Bad Books and Why We Love Them

50 minutes, 2:00 PM CDT - 2:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Williford Room

Panel

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Moderator)

John Green (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

Margaret Stohl (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Megan Whalen Turner (Participant)

What is a bad book, anyway? Does it bite? Did it pee on the floor? Is it right to judge books or the people who love them? This panel names names a...

3:00 PM

I Make Worlds!

50 minutes, 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Boulevard Room

Panel

Margaret Stohl (Moderator)

Holly Black (Participant)

Amanda Hocking (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

Worldbuilding is a critical element in writing fiction, particularly fantasy and science fiction. The world has to be internally consistent and det...

Saturday 11 August, 2012

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

I Was a Teenage Writer

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Williford Room

Panel

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Moderator)

Margaret Stohl (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

John Green (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

7:00 PM

LeakyCon Lit Reception

2 hours, 7:00 PM CDT - 9:00 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Williford Room

Special Event

Holly Black (Participant)

Daniel Ehrenhaft (Participant)

John Green (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Jennifer Laughran (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rebecca Sherman (Participant)

Margaret Stohl (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Megan Whalen Turner (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Have a LeakyCon Lit badge and are over 18 years old?You are invited to this private reception for Leaky...