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Jane Yolen

American speculative fiction and children's writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1939 to 2026 · aged 87

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.

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2026Died11 June 20262022Sophie Brody MedalAward2018World Fantasy Award for Best CollectionAward2017Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master AwardAward2006Locus Award for Best Young Adult BookAward1999Nebula Award for Best NoveletteAward1998Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's LiteratureAwardNebula Award for Best Short StoryAward1993Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult LiteratureAward1992Regina MedalAward1985Mythopoeic Fantasy AwardAward1939Born11 February 1939

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Sophie Brody Medal2022
World Fantasy Award for Best Collection2018
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award2017
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2006
Nebula Award for Best Novelette1999
Nebula Award for Best Short Story1998
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature1998
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature1993
Regina Medal1992
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award1985
Nebula Award
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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.

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United States
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1939 to 2026 · aged 87

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Liubomiras LaucevičiusAlso in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)Daniel BrocklebankAlso in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)Paul FreemanAlso in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)