Editing Francesca Lia Block (section)

==Early life and education==

Block was born in Los Angeles in 1962.  Her mother was a poet and her father was the screenwriter and painter [[Irving Block]].<ref name=Rogers>{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=John |date=December 2, 2005 |title=Weetzie Bat is back, and grown up, as her creator confronts middle age |url=https://www.fosters.com/story/lifestyle/2005/12/02/weetzie-bat-is-back/52584197007/ |work=Foster's Daily Democrat |access-date=September 22, 2023}}</ref> She attended [[North Hollywood High School]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Campbell |first=Patricia J.|date=January–February 1993 |title=People are talking about ... Francesca Lia Block |magazine=The Horn Book Magazine}}</ref> and the [[University of California, Berkeley]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Hotaling |first=Debra |date=November 14, 1999 |title=The Scribe of Shangri-La |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-14-tm-33223-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref> and later studied for her MFA from the [[University of California at Riverside]].<ref name=Romanoff>{{cite web |url=https://lithub.com/francesca-lia-block-is-a-lot-more-than-weetzie-bat/ |title=Francesca Lia Block is a Lot More than Weetzie Bat |last=Romanoff |first=Zan |date=May 7, 2018 |website=Literary Hub |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref>