Editing Francesca Lia Block (section)

{{short description|American writer (born 1963)}}
{{infobox writer <!-- for more information see Template: Infobox writer -->
| name         = Francesca Lia Block
| birth_name   = 
| image        = Francesca Lia Block photographed by Nicolas Sage Photography.jpg
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| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1962|12|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = Los Angeles, California, US
| occupation   = Writer
| language     = English
| nationality  = 
| alma_mater   = [[University of California, Berkeley]]
| period       = 1989–present
| genre        = 
| notableworks = 
| awards       = {{awards |[[Margaret Edwards Award]] |2005}}
| website      = 
| children     = 2<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-francesca-lia-block-20130825-story.html|title=Francesca Lia Block and her post-apocalyptic year|last=Brodesser-Akner|first=Taffy|date=August 22, 2013|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref>
}}

'''Francesca Lia Block''' (born December 3, 1962) is an American writer of adult and [[young adult fiction|young-adult literature]]. She wrote the ''[[Weetzie Bat]]'' series,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/23/books/23bloc.html|work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2012-03-17 |date=2005-05-23 |title=Writing Frankly, Young-Adult Author Pushes Limits|author=Dinitia Smith}}</ref> which she began while a student at [[UC Berkeley]].