Editing Francesca Lia Block (section)

==Writing style and genres==
Block sees her books as being in the tradition of [[magical realism]], and she has said that she was heavily influenced by [[Gabriel Garcia Marquez]] and [[Isabel Allende]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Wilda |date=August 1, 2005 |title=Q&A: Francesca Lia Block |magazine=Library Journal}}</ref> as well as [[Emily Dickinson]].<ref name=Rogers /> She has been compared to [[S.E. Hinton]] because of themes like sex, death, drugs, and broken homes that occur in her works.<ref name=Rogers /> Many of her books have been categorized as young adult fiction, but Block has also written adult fiction, non-fiction, short stories, and poetry.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Pepper |first=Rachel |date=April 2003 |title=Francesca Lia Block (Notes from Far-Flung Places) |magazine=Curve |publisher=Avalon Media}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Di Marzo |first=Cindy |date=May 18, 1998 |title=Harper Introduces Francesca Lia Block to a Wider Audience |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19980518/23406-pw-harper-introduces-francesca-lia-block-to-a-wider-audience.html |magazine=Publishers Weekly |access-date=September 17, 2024}}</ref>