First a pack of vile, smelly goblins snatch Simon. Then a band of elves try to entrap Jared. Why is the entire faerie world so eager to get their hands on Spiderwick's Guide? And will the Grace children be left alone, now that the Guide has mysteriously disappeared? Don't count on it! At school, someone is running around pretending to be Jared, and it's not Simon. To make matters even worse, now Mallory has disappeared and something foul in the water is killing off all the plants and animals for miles around. Clues point to the old abandoned quarry, just outside of town. Dwarves have taken over an abandoned mine there. And the faerie world's abuzz with the news that a creature with plans to rule the world has offered them a gift to join with him - he's given them a queen. . .
Holly Black (Nueva Jersey, 10 de noviembre de 1971) es una escritora y editora estadounidense, conocida por escribir Las crónicas de Spiderwick, una serie de cinco libros de fantasía para niños, junto con el ilustrador Tony DiTerlizzi, la serie de libros Magisterium con Cassandra Clare y la trilogía Los habitantes del aire.
Black nació en Nueva Jersey en 1971, y durante sus primeros años su familia vivió en una decadente casa victoriana. Holly Black se graduó con un B.A. en inglés de The College of New Jersey 1994.
Se casó con Theo Black en 1999 y residen en Amherst, Massachusetts, junto con su hijo Sebastian.
