Francesca Lia Block and her post-apocalyptic year

Francesca Lia Block channeled some of the strife of her personal life into 'Love in the Time of Global Warming,' including destruction of her beloved Los Angeles. She discusses that and more.

When Francesca Lia Block sat down to write her latest young adult novel, "Love in the Time of Global Warming" (Holt Books for Young Readers: 240 pp., $16.99), she took her beloved hometown of Los Angeles and destroyed it.

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