Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen

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Jane Yolen’s books and stories have won 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 among many others.She is also a poet, a teacher of writing and literature, and a reviewer of children’s literature. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century.

Websites to visit:janeyolen.comwww.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/yolenwww.scholastic.com/.../jane-yolenwww.youtube.com/watch?v=GYm5LC8z8rcwww.writerswrite.com/journal/.../a-conversation-with-jane-yolen-6021

InterestingsFactsBorn in 1939 in NYCGraduated From Smith CollegeFirst published book at age 22Author of over 300 booksMother of three childrenLIves in Massachusetts and ScotlandLoves being a writer

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