With her novel Weetzie Bat, Francesca Lia Block created a new type of young adult novels, one that reflected the Los Angeles subculture of the 1990s. Their lives steeped in sex, drugs, and rock 'n', Block's cast of characters includes Weetzie Bat, a punk princess in pink; her lover, My Secret Agent Lover Man;, her best friend Dirk; Dirk's.