I'm going to do it chronologically rather than by type of book. So it will be a mix of novels, short stories, picture books. I want to see how her craft evolves over time.
Awww. I was a huge fan.
Author Jane Yolen, 87, died peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, in Hatfield MA on June 11, 2026. Jane Hyatt Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City NY. She graduated Smith College with a BA in 1960, at which time she was already writing poetry and articles, and received a master's in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1978. Between degrees, in 1962, she married …Read More
I am so sad. Jane Yolen has passed away. I think I STILL have How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight memorized from reading it thousands of times when the kids were littles. We had every book in the series and I loved reading them! Glad she helped provide such great and loving memories for me with my kids!
File 770: Jane Yolen, 1939-2026. (She was a titan of #fantasy writing for the past 60 years.)
"SFWA Grand Master Jane Yolen died June 11 at the age of 87. ...
She won Nebula Awards for her short story “Sister Emily’s Lightship” (1998) and novelette “Lost Girls” (1999).
She received World Fantasy Awards for editing Favorite Folktales from Around the World (1987) and for her collection The Emerald Circus (2018).
Yolen won the Mythopoeic Award for her fantasy books Cards of Grief (1985), Briar Rose (1993), and the “Young Merlin” trilogy Passager, Hobby, and Merlin (1998).
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association presented her the Dwarf Stars Award for “Last Unicorn” (2007), and the Elgin Award for her book The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems (2023)."
Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of Jane Yolen's Dragonfield: And Other Stories, over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3ldh4m5mtvs2b
Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Jane Yolen's Dragonfield: And Other Stories, which I *have* but *have not read* in the past 2 minutes. I know I've read some of the author's books, but am blanking on it. If you read it, let me know what you think! #KindleBookGiveaway
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