I dreamed of being a part of the stories—even terrifying ones, even horror stories—because at least the girls in stories were alive before they died.
—Francesca Lia Block in The Rose and the Beast
—Francesca Lia Block in The Rose and the Beast
Francesca Lia Block (born December 3, 1962) is an American writer of adult and young-adult literature. She wrote the Weetzie Bat series, which she began while a student at UC Berkeley.