Jane Yolen
Author of Owl Moon
About the Author
Jane Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1960 and a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1976. After college, she became an editor in New York City and wrote during her lunch break. She sold her show more first children's book, Pirates in Petticoats, at the age of 22. Since then, she has written over 300 books for children, young adults, and adults. Her other works include the Emperor and the Kite, Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic. She has won numerous awards including the Kerlan Award, the Regina Medal, the Keene State Children's Literature Award, 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, the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Jane Yolen
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves and Other Female Villains (2013) 186 copies, 16 reviews
2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (1991) — Editor, Contributor — 172 copies, 4 reviews
Mirror, Mirror: Forty Folk Tales for Mothers and Daughters to Share (2000) — Editor — 133 copies, 3 reviews
National Geographic Kids Animal Stories: Heartwarming True Tales from the Animal Kingdom (2014) 110 copies, 1 review
Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters (2006) — Author — 97 copies, 7 reviews
This Little Piggy with CD: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games and Pantomime Rhymes (2005) 95 copies, 6 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens: First Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy… (2005) — Editor — 82 copies, 2 reviews
Ring of Earth: A Child's Book of Seasons : This Ring of Earth, This World, This Sphere, Enclosed Within the Circled… (1986) 72 copies, 1 review
Tea With an Old Dragon: A Story of Sophia Smith, Founder of Smith College (1998) 51 copies, 3 reviews
Dragons and Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories (1986) — Editor; Contributor — 44 copies, 2 reviews
Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Collection of Original Stories (1989) — Editor; Contributor — 29 copies
Spaceships and Spells: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science-fiction Stories (1987) — Editor, Contributor — 26 copies
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?... and More Classic Dinosaur Tales {video} (2004) 24 copies, 1 review
The Three Bears Holiday Thyme Book 23 copies
The Haunted House: A Collection of Original Stories (1995) — Editor, Contributor — 22 copies, 1 review
Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes (1978) — Editor, Contributor — 20 copies, 1 review
Big Bold Beautiful Me: A Story That's Loud and Proud and Celebrates You! (2022) 16 copies, 2 reviews
The Fantasy & Science Fiction Book of Unicorns, Volume 2 — Contributor — 14 copies
The Leather Apron Club: Benjamin Franklin, His Son Billy & America's First Circulating Library (2021) 13 copies, 3 reviews
Interrupting Cow and the Horse of a Different Color: Ready-to-Read Level 2 (2022) 8 copies, 1 review
Slipping Sideways Through Eternity 6 copies
Fairy Tale Desserts: A Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters (Fairy Tale Cookbooks) (2009) 6 copies, 1 review
The Quiet Monk 5 copies
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?; How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?; How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?; and How Do… (2000) 5 copies
Fairy Tale Breakfasts: A Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters (Fairy Tale Cookbooks) (2009) 4 copies
Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices Trade Book | Multigenerational Book | Reading Age 8-12 |… (2023) 3 copies, 1 review
Tea with an Old Giant | Juvenile Fiction Book | Reading Age 5-9 | Grade Level K-3 | Touches on Social Issues, Fantasy &… (2023) 3 copies, 1 review
Make Way for the Boston Duckling 3 copies
De Natura Unicorni [short fiction] 3 copies
Jane Yolen 3 copies
The Lady's Garden 2 copies
Songs of summer 2 copies
Cards of Grief [short story] 2 copies
The Jewel in the Toad Queen's Crown 2 copies
Dream Reader [short story] 1 copy
Book of Ballads and Sagas #2 1 copy
How Do Dinosaurs Collection. 6 Books (How do Dinosaurs say Good Night, Eat Their Food, Learn Colours and Numbers, Get… (2013) 1 copy
Rabbit Hole 1 copy
Egret's Day, An 1 copy
Wolf/child 1 copy
The House of Seven Angels 1 copy
Joking, Rhyming Animals Ready-to-Read Value Pack: Interrupting Cow; Interrupting Cow and the Chicken Crossing the Road;… (2022) 1 copy
A Knot of Toads 1 copy
The Young Merlin Trilogy 1 copy
Carrion Crows 1 copy
Mesopotamian Fire 1 copy
Swiss Family Robinson 1 copy
Ear [short story] 1 copy
Märchen {poem} 1 copy
Feast of Souls {short story} 1 copy
Bird Count 1 copy
Troll [Short Story] 1 copy
Dog Boy Remembers 1 copy
How Do Dinosaurs 5 Books Collection Pack Set ByJane Yolen and Mark Teague (Get Well Soon?, HOW DO DINOSAURS EAT THEIR… (2014) 1 copy
Captains Courageous 1 copy
Treasure Island (Walmart) 1 copy
No Tanks 1 copy
I Am a Woman 1 copy
Associated Works
Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2007) — Contributor — 810 copies, 25 reviews
Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World (1998) — Introduction, some editions — 783 copies, 9 reviews
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributor — 581 copies, 4 reviews
Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England (1987) — Contributor — 497 copies, 4 reviews
The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2009) — Contributor — 429 copies, 13 reviews
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (2013) — Contributor — 386 copies, 18 reviews
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction (1998) — Contributor — 355 copies, 7 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: First Annual Collection (1986) — Contributor — 323 copies, 6 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection (1991) — Contributor — 313 copies, 6 reviews
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy From the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Contributor — 309 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection (1997) — Contributor — 289 copies, 5 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) — Contributor — 269 copies, 4 reviews
Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters: Tales to Give You the Creeps (1993) — Contributor — 259 copies, 3 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection (1994) — Contributor — 259 copies, 2 reviews
The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors (1995) — Contributor — 250 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001) — Contributor — 250 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection (1996) — Contributor — 243 copies, 3 reviews
The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy (2006) — Contributor — 243 copies, 9 reviews
Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction (2009) — Contributor — 224 copies, 9 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection (1993) — Contributor — 210 copies, 1 review
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream (1995) — Contributor — 206 copies, 1 review
The Outspoken Princess and The Gentle Knight: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales (1994) — Contributor — 203 copies, 3 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Second Annual Collection (1987) — Contributor — 203 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection (1988) — Contributor — 186 copies, 2 reviews
Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond (2013) — Contributor — 157 copies, 11 reviews
The Camelot Chronicles: Heroic Adventures from the Age of Legend (1992) — Contributor — 126 copies, 1 review
Mad Hatters and March Hares: All-New Stories from the World of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (2017) — Contributor — 125 copies, 10 reviews
Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters II: More Tales to Give You the Creeps (1996) — Contributor — 117 copies
When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up (1999) — Contributor — 92 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 74 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories: Terrifying Tales Set on the Scariest Night of the Year! (2018) — Contributor — 65 copies
The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales (2003) — Contributor — 65 copies, 1 review
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers and Other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1992) — Contributor — 65 copies
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1990) — Contributor — 60 copies
Nebula Awards 29: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1995) — Contributor — 56 copies
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural (Signet Classics) (2011) — Contributor — 44 copies, 1 review
The Alchemy of Stars: Rhysling Award Winners Showcase (2005) — Introduction; Contributor — 29 copies
Dragons and Warrior Daughters: Fantasy Stories by Women (Lions Tracks) (1989) — Contributor — 29 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 41, No. 11 & 12 [November/December 2017] (2017) — Contributor — 21 copies, 3 reviews
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 41, No. 9 & 10 [September/October 2017] (2017) — Contributor — 17 copies, 2 reviews
Deconstructing Tolkien: A Fundamental Analysis of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (2004) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions (1993) — Contributor — 16 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October/November 1993, Vol. 85, No. 4 & 5 (1993) 16 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 11, No. 7 [July 1987] (1987) — Contributor — 15 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1985, Vol. 69, No. 6 (1985) — Contributor — 15 copies
Glass Bead Games — Contributor — 13 copies
Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World (Alternatives Book 3) (2018) — Contributor — 12 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 15, No. 15 [Mid-December 1991] (1991) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1978, Vol. 55, No. 5 (1987) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1985, Vol. 68, No. 2 (1985) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1986, Vol. 71, No. 5 (1986) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 15, No. 14 [December 1991] (1991) — Contributor — 11 copies
Where Rockets Burn Through: Contemporary Science Fiction Poems from the UK (2012) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November/December 2019, Vol. 137, Nos. 5 & 6 (2019) — Contributor — 8 copies
Mutliverse: An International Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry (2018) — Contributor — 5 copies, 1 review
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (Video) — Originator — 3 copies
Shapers of Worlds Volume III: Science fiction and fantasy by authors featured on The Worldshapers podcast (2022) — Contributor — 3 copies
The World Fantasy Convention 2011: Sailing the Seas of the Imagination — Contributor — 1 copy
Lady Poetesses from Hell — Contributor — 1 copy
Tell Me a Story/Best Loved Stories : Live performances from the 20th anniversary National Storytelling Festival (1995) — Introduction, some editions — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Stemple, Jane Hyatt Yolen
- Birthdate
- 1939-02-11
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Wombat Hatfield, Massachusetts, USA
St. Andrews, Scotland, UK - Education
- Smith College (B.A. ∙ 1960)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Occupations
- fiction author
editor
storyteller
poet - Relationships
- Yolen, Will H. (parent)
Stemple, David (spouse)
Stemple, Heidi E. Y. (offspring)
Stemple, Adam (offspring)
Stemple, Jason (offspring) - Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Pre-Joycean Fellowship - Awards and honors
- E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1990)
Regina Medal (1992)
World Fantasy Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) (2009)
SFPA Grand Master Award (2010)
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2017)
Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award (2020) - Agent
- Curtis Brown, Ltd.
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Discussions
Found: Book showing Theseus as a child in Name that Book (November 2023)
YA fantasy novel/novella circa early mid-2000s in Name that Book (June 2013)
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Awards
Eek, You Reek!: Poems about Animals That Stink, Stank, Stunk (Must-Read (Longlist) – Picture Book / Early Reader – 2020)
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Premise/plot: This picture book is set in a small Russian village--a shtetl--in the 1830s. Rochel-Leah, our heroine, wants more than anything to learn to read. But there are many, many, many obstacles standing in the way. She has spunk and determination, but will that be enough???
My thoughts: This picture book is based on a story passed down through many generations in Jane Yolen's family as happening to a cousin of a cousin of a cousin or some such like way back when. Regardless of its origin, the story celebrates gumption and a LOVE of words, of stories, of the power of such.… (more)