# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-yolen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:19:24.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-yolen"
name: "Jane Yolen"
slug: "jane-yolen"
description: "Jane Hyatt Yolen was an American writer of fantasy, science fiction and children's books best known for The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award–winning short works \"Sister Emily's Lightship\" and \"Lost Girls\", Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, and the Commander Toad series. She also worked as an editor and collaborated on works with all three of her children, most extensively with Adam Stemple."
tagline: "American speculative fiction and children's writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/10.15.11JaneYolenByLuigiNovi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-02-11"
deathDate: "2026-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.06066533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0948461"
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    url:       "http://www.janeyolen.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump