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 skills include poetry as well. 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.
Yolen was married to David Stemple (who died , and Jason Stemple.
#''Dragon's Blood'' (1982)
#''Heart's Blood'' (1984)
#''A Sending of Dragons'' (1987)
- ''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)
- ''White Jenna'' (1991, Nebula Award finalist)
- ''Briar Rose'' (1992, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature)
- ''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 )
- "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)
- ''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 )
- ''Favorite Folktales From Around the World'' (winner of the World Fantasy Award)
- "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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