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Jane Yolen (born February 11 , 1939 in New York City ) is an American Author and Editor of almost 300 books. These include Folklore , Fantasy , Science Fiction , and Children's Books . She wrote the Nebula Award -winning ''Sister Emily's Lightship'' (short story) and "Lost Girls" (novelette), as well as '' Owl Moon '' and ''The Emperor and the Kite'', Caldecott Medal winners, the ''Commander Toad'' series and ''How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight''. PERSONAL LIFE Yolen was born in New York City and raised in , and Jason Stemple, and several grandchildren. Yolen maintains homes in Hatfield, Massachusetts and in St Andrews , Scotland . CAREER '' 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 also includes poetry. 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 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 toward beginning writers and illustrators. Yolen has also criticized the Harry Potter series. This is based on the startling similarities between Yolen's own book Wizard's Hall, published years before the first Harry Potter book. BIBLIOGRAPHY The Pit Dragon Trilogy #''Dragon's Blood'' (1982) #''Heart's Blood'' (1984) #''A Sending of Dragons'' (1987) Various books (she has over 280.)
Novellas and some poems
Short story anthologies edited by Jane Yolen
Folklore collection edited by Jane Yolen
Selected short stories
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