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Holly Black

5 award wins, 39 nominations across 16 books.

Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty fantasy novels for kids and teens. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. Her books have been translated into 32 languages worldwide and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library.

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Black HeartDoll BonesIronsideRed GloveThe Coldest Girl in ColdtownThe Copper GauntletThe Cruel PrinceThe Darkest Part of the ForestThe Iron TrialThe Wicked KingTitheTithe: A Modern Faerie TaleTithe: A Modern Faerie Tale; Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie; Ironside: A Modern Faery's TaleValiantWhite CatZombies Vs. Unicorns
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Black Heart

2 Nominations

Published 2012-04-03 · 304 pages

In a world where magic is illegal, Cassel Sharpe has the most deadly ability of all. With one touch, he can transform any object--including a person--into something else entirely. And that makes him a wanted man. The Feds are willing to forgive all his past crimes if he'll only leave his con artist family behind and go straight. But why does going straight feel so crooked?

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Doll Bones

2 Awards Won6 Nominations

Published 2013-05-07 · 244 pages

Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.

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Ironside

2 Nominations

Published 2007-04-24 · 330 pages

When pixie Kaye declares herself to Roiben on the day of his coronation, he is forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye is forbidden to see or speak to him unless she can find the one thing she knows doesn't exist: a faerie who can tell a lie.

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Red Glove

1 Nomination

Published 2011-04-05

When federal agents learn that seventeen-year-old Cassel Sharpe, a powerful transformation worker, may be of use to them, they offer him a deal to join them rather than the mobsters for whom his brothers work.

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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

5 Nominations

Published 2013-09-03 · 419 pages

When seventeen-year-old Tana wakes up following a party in the aftermath of a violent vampire attack, she travels to Coldtown, a quarantined Massachusetts city full of vampires, with her ex-boyfriend and a mysterious vampire boy in tow.

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The Copper Gauntlet

1 Nomination

Published 2015-09-01 · 272 pages

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The Cruel Prince

3 Nominations

Published 2018-01-02 · 370 pages

GUARD YOUR MORTAL HEART. JUDE WAS SEVEN WHEN HER PARENTS were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for tricker and bloodshed.

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The Darkest Part of the Forest

3 Nominations

Published 2015-01-13 · 352 pages

Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.

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The Iron Trial

2 Nominations

Published 2014-09-09 · 304 pages

I would describe this book as the opening to a series that you will not stop reading.

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The Wicked King

1 Award Won1 Nomination

Published 2019-01-08 · 332 pages

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Tithe

2 Nominations

Published 2002 · 320 pages

Young adult fantasy novel about a young girl who discovers she's not human, but a faerie. Trouble follows.

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Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale

2 Nominations
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Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale; Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie; Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale

2 Nominations
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White Cat

2 Nominations

Published 2010-05-04 · 310 pages

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Zombies Vs. Unicorns

1 Nomination

Published 2010-09-21 · 432 pages

It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies. Contributors include many bestselling teen authors, including Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan.

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