Jane Yolen
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- 1939-02-11
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Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 400 books, of which the best known is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award−winning short story "Sister Emily's Lightship", the novelette "Lost Girls", Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, and the Commander Toad series. She has collaborated on works with all three of her children, most extensively with Adam Stemple.
Yolen delivered the inaugural Alice G. Smith Lecture at the University of South Florida in 1989. In 2012 she became the first woman to give the Andrew Lang lecture. Yolen published her 400th book in early 2021, Bear Outside.
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American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books.
Last modified: 2021-04-12 (revision #59630)
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- Jane Yolen wrote Brother Hart
- Jane Yolen wrote Words of Power
- Jane Yolen wrote Tam Lin
- Jane Yolen wrote Worte der Macht
- Jane Yolen wrote Bruder Hirsch
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