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Jane Yolen

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Jane Yolen (born February 11, 1939 in New York City) is an American author, and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She wrote the Nebula Award-winning Sister Emily's Lightship (short story) and "Lost Girls" (novelette), as well as Owl Moon and The Emperor and the Kite, Caldecott Medal winners, the Commander Toad series and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight.

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[edit] Personal life

Yolen was born in New York City and raised in California, New York and Connecticut. She received her bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1960 and a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1976. She was married to computer scientist David Stemple from 1962 until his death from cancer on March 22, 2006. She has three children: Heidi Stemple, Adam Stemple, and Jason Stemple, and several grandchildren. Yolen maintains homes in Hatfield, Massachusetts and in St Andrews, Scotland.

[edit] Career

Newsweek called Jane Yolen "the Hans Christian Andersen of America" and The New York Times labeled her "a modern equivalent of Aesop."

Her many short stories can be found in books as diverse as Am I Blue?: Coming out from the Silence and White as Snow (The Fairy Tales Series). One example is "Memoirs of a Bottle Djinni" in Arabesques (edited by Susan Schwartz in 1988). Yolen also has a gift for the very short story, as evidenced by "Angelica" in 100 Great Fantasy Short-Short Stories. This latter anthology was edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Carr in 1985.

Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens, Favorite Folktales From Around the World, Xanadu and Xanadu 2 are among the works that she has edited.

Her writing also includes poetry. Many of her poems, like her books, have won awards. Some of her awards to date: the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.

In the children's writing community, she is known for her pithy observations and her generosity towards beginning writers and illustrators. Yolen has also criticized the Harry Potter series.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] The Pit Dragon Trilogy

  1. Dragon's Blood (1982)
  2. Heart's Blood (1984)
  3. A Sending of Dragons (1987)

[edit] Various books

  • Trust a City Kid (1966)
  • The Gift of Sarah Barker (1981)
  • Children of the Wolf (1984)
  • The Stone Silenus (1984)
  • Sister Light, Sister Dark (1988)
  • White Jenna (1989)
  • The Dragon's Boy (1990)
  • Sister Light, Sister Dark (1990, Nebula Award finalist)
  • Greyling (1991, picture book)
  • White Jenna (1991, Nebula Award finalist)
  • Briar Rose (1992, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature)
  • The Wizard's Hall (1991)
  • The One Armed Queen (1998)
  • Armageddon Summer (1998, with Bruce Coville, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers)
  • Queen's Own Fool (2000, with Robert J. Harris)
  • White as Snow (The Fairy Tales Series) (2001)
  • Girl in a Cage (2002, with Robert J. Harris)
  • Sword of the Rightful King (2003, ALA Best Books 2004, ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2004, ALA Top 10 Fantasy Books for Youth 2004)
  • Prince Across the Water (2004, with Robert J. Harris)
  • The Young Merlin Trilogy: Passager, Hobby, and Merlin (2004)
  • Pay the Piper: a rock and roll fairy tale (2005, with Adam Stemple)

[edit] Novellas and some poems

  • "Devil's Arithmetic" (1988, novella, Nebula Award finalist; 1988, made into a movie starring Kirsten Dunst, Mimi Rogers and Brittany Murphy)
  • "Tintagel Morning: Song" (1991, poem)
  • "Angels Fly Because They Take Themselves Lightly" (1992, poem, Asimov's Readers' Poll)
  • "Will" (1993, short poem, Rhysling Award)

[edit] Short story anthologies edited by Jane Yolen

  • Xanadu (1992, with Martin H. Greenberg)
  • Xanadu 2 (1993, with Martin H. Greenberg)
  • Xanadu 3 (1994, with Martin H. Greenberg)
  • Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens (2005, with Patrick Nielsen Hayden)

[edit] Folklore collection edited by Jane Yolen

  • Favorite Folktales From Around the World (winner of the World Fantasy Award)

[edit] Selected short stories

  • "Boris Chernevsky's Hands" in Hecate's Cauldron (1982, edited by Susan Schwartz)
  • "Angelica" in 100 Great Fantasy Short-Short Stories (1985, edited by Asimov, Greenberg and Carr)
  • "The Ballad of the Quick Levars" in Liavek: The Players of Luck (1986, edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly)
  • "Memoirs of a Bottle Djinni" in Arabesques (1988, edited by Susan Schwartz)
  • "The True Tale of Count Dashif's Demise" in Liavek: Festival Week (1990, edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly)
  • "Blood Sister" in Am I Blue?: Coming out from the Silence (1995, edited by Marion Dane Bauer)
  • "Sister Emily's Lightship" in Starlight (1996, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden)

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