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Jane Yolen Stats: The highest rated book by Jane Yolen on Book Notification is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is Briar Rose, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Jane Yolen on Book Notification is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Dragon's Blood (Pit Dragons #1).

Below is a complete list of Jane Yolen books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Jane Yolen is the Jane Yolen Children's Books.

List of Books of the Great Alta Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Sister Light, Sister Dark
1988
Go
2
White Jenna
1989
Go
3
The One-Armed Queen
1998
Go

List of Commander Toad Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Commander Toad in Space
1980
Go
2
6
Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes
1982
Go
3
Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole
1983
Go
4
Commander Toad and the Dis-Asteroid
1985
Go
5
Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy
1986
Go
6
Commander Toad and the Space Pirates
1987
Go
7
8
Commander Toad and the Voyage Home
1998
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List of Fairy Tale Cookbooks in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Fairy Tale Feasts
2006
Go
2
Fairy Tale Desserts
2009
Go
3
Fairy Tale Lunches
2009
Go
4
Fairy Tale Dinners
2009
Go
5
Fairy Tale Breakfasts
2009
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List of Foiled Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Foiled
2010
Go
2
Curses! Foiled Again
2013
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List of Here There Be... Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Here There Be Dragons
1993
Go
2
4
Here There Be Unicorns
1994
Go
3
Here There Be Witches
1995
Go
4
Here There Be Angels
1996
Go
5
Here There Be Ghosts
1998
Go

List of How Do Dinosaurs...? Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.5
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
2000
Go
2
How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten?
2004
Go
3
How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?
2004
Go
4
8
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
2005
Go
5
How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors?
2006
Go
6
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
2006
Go
7
How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends?
2006
Go
8
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?
2007
Go
9
How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah?
2008
Go
10
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
2009
Go
11
How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down?: A Book of Opposites
2011
Go
12
How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday?
2011
Go
13
How Do Dinosaurs Say I'M MAD?
2013
Go
14
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe?
2015
Go
15
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends?
2016
Go
16
How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?
2019
Go
17
How Do Dinosaurs Show Good Manners?
2020
Go
18
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodbye?
2021
Go
19
How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Be Kind?
2023
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20
How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat?
2024
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List of Isabel the Witch Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The Witch Who Wasn't
1964
Go

List of On Bird Hill and Beyond Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
On Bird Hill
2016
Go
2
8
On Duck Pond
2017
Go
3
8
On Gull Beach
2018
Go
4
8
On Eagle Cove
2020
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List of Pit Dragons Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Dragon's Blood
1982
Go
2
Heart's Blood
1984
Go
3
10
A Sending of Dragons
1987
Go
4
Dragon's Heart
2009
Go

List of Robot and Rebecca Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Case of the Code-Carrying Kids
1980
Go
2
Robot and Rebecca and the Missing Owner
1981
Go

List of Rock'n' Roll Fairy Tale Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Pay the Piper ( By: Adam Stemple)
2005
Go
2
The Troll Bridge
2006
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List of Stuart Quartet Books in Publication Order (with Robert J. Harris)

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Queen's Own Fool
2000
Go
2
Girl in a Cage
2002
Go
3
Prince Across the Water
2004
Go
4
The Rogues
2007
Go

List of Tartan Magic Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Wizard's Map
1999
Go
2
The Pictish Child
1999
Go
3
The Bagpiper's Ghost
2002
Go

List of The Seelie Wars Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Hostage Prince
2013
Go
2
The Last Changeling
2014
Go
3
The Seelie King's War
2016
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List of The Stone Man Mysteries Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Stone Cold
2016
Go
2
Sanctuary
2018
Go
3
Breaking Out the Devil
2019
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List of The Young Merlin Trilogy Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Passager
1996
Go
2
Hobby
1996
Go
3
Merlin
1997
Go

List of Young Heroes Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Odysseus in the Serpent Maze
2001
Go
2
Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons
2002
Go
3
Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast
2003
Go
4
Jason and the Gorgon's Blood
2004
Go

List of Yolen's Short Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Emerald Circus
2017
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2
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale
2018
Go
3
The Midnight Circus
2020
Go
4
The Scarlet Circus
2023
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Trust a City Kid (With: Anne Huston)
1970
Go
2
The Inway Investigators
1970
Go
3
The Transfigured Hart
1975
Go
4
The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms
1978
Go
5
The Boy Who Spoke Chimp
1981
Go
6
The Gift of Sarah Barker
1981
Go
7
8
Cards Of Grief
1984
Go
8
Children of the Wolf
1984
Go
9
Stone Silenus
1984
Go
10
8.5
Briar Rose
1988
Go
11
8.8
The Devil's Arithmetic
1988
Go
12
6
The Dragon's Boy
1990
Go
13
6
Wizard's Hall
1991
Go
14
The Wild Hunt
1995
Go
15
Armageddon Summer (With: Bruce Coville)
1998
Go
16
Boots and the Seven Leaguers
2000
Go
17
8
Sword of the Rightful King
2003
Go
18
Except the Queen (With: Midori Snyder)
2010
Go
19
The Last Dragon
2011
Go
20
Snow in Summer
2011
Go
21
4
Curse of the Thirteenth Fey
2012
Go
22
B.U.G.
2013
Go
23
Trash Mountain
2014
Go
24
Centaur Rising
2014
Go
25
A Plague of Unicorns
2014
Go
26
Mapping the Bones
2018
Go
27
Finding Baba Yaga
2018
Go
28
The Last Tsar's Dragons
2019
Go
29
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodbye?
2021
Go
30
Arch of Bone
2021
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales
1974
Go
2
The Hundredth Dove and Other Tales
1977
Go
3
Dream Weaver
1979
Go
4
Dragonfield and Other Stories
1985
Go
5
Favorite Folktales From Around the World
1986
Go
6
Merlin's Booke
1986
Go
7
Tales of Wonder
1987
Go
8
The Faery Flag
1989
Go
9
Hark!
1991
Go
10
Storyteller
1992
Go
11
Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast
1997
Go
12
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories
1997
Go
13
The Fish Prince and Other Stories
2001
Go
14
The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories
2004
Go
15
Grumbles from the Forest (With: Rebecca Kai Dotlich)
2013
Go
16
Animal Stories
2014
Go
17
The Emerald Circus
2017
Go
18
8
Once There Was a Story
2017
Go
19
Meet Me at the Well
2018
Go
20
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale
2018
Go
21
The Midnight Circus
2020
Go
22
Kaddish: Before the Holocaust and After
2021
Go

List of Picture Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole
1992
Go
2
The Sea Man
1997
Go
3
8
Elsie's Bird
2010
Go
4
8
Sing a Season Song
2015
Go
5
Thunder Underground
2017
Go
6
Something New for Rosh Hashanah
2021
Go
7
Eeny Up Above
2021
Go
8
Mrs. Noah's Doves
2022
Go
9
Giant Island
2022
Go
10
Yuck, You Suck! (With: Heidi E y Stemple)
2022
Go
11
Deborah's Tree
2022
Go
12
What to Do with a Stick
2023
Go
13
Kiki Kicks
2023
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Bird Of Time
1971
Go
2
The Girl Who Loved The Wind
1972
Go
3
8
Simple Gifts
1976
Go
4
6
The Seeing Stick
1977
Go
5
No Bath Tonight
1978
Go
6
4
Dimity Duck
1980
Go
7
8
Sleeping Ugly
1981
Go
8
The Lullaby Songbook
1986
Go
9
8
Owl Moon
1987
Go
10
8
Dove Isabeau
1989
Go
11
Elfabet
1990
Go
12
8
Tam Lin
1990
Go
13
Wings
1991
Go
14
8
Encounter
1992
Go
15
8
Letting Swift River Go
1992
Go
16
8
Greyling
1993
Go
17
Mouse's Birthday
1993
Go
18
8
Grandad Bill's Song
1994
Go
19
Fever Dream
1996
Go
20
Sacred Places
1996
Go
21
Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters (By: Kathleen Ragan)
1998
Go
22
8
Merlin And The Dragons
1998
Go
23
The Prince Of Egypt
1998
Go
24
6
Color Me A Rhyme
2000
Go
25
6
Harvest Home
2002
Go
26
6
Hoptoad
2003
Go
27
The Perfect Wizard
2005
Go
28
4
Baby Bear's Books
2006
Go
29
Sea Queens
2008
Go
30
10
My Uncle Emily
2009
Go
31
8
Under The Star
2009
Go
32
4
Not All Princesses Dress In Pink
2010
Go
33
Lost Boy
2010
Go
34
8
The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye
2011
Go
35
Waking Dragons
2012
Go
36
4
The Emily Sonnets
2012
Go
37
Bad Girls
2013
Go
38
8
Wee Rhymes
2013
Go
39
4
Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters
2013
Go
40
8
You Nest Here With Me (With: Heidi E. Y. Stemple)
2015
Go
41
Little Frog And The Scary Autumn Thing
2016
Go
42
Last Laughs
2017
Go
43
6
A Bear Sat On My Porch Today
2018
Go
44
8
Crow Not Crow
2018
Go
45
10
A Kite For Moon (With: Heidi E.Y. Stemple)
2019
Go
46
6
Merbaby's Lullaby
2019
Go
47
4
School Of Fish
2019
Go
48
Friendship On The High Seas
2019
Go
49
Racing The Waves
2019
Go
50
8
Emily Writes
2020
Go
51
Rocking The Tide
2020
Go
52
Knowing The Name Of A Bird
2020
Go
53
Testing The Waters
2020
Go
54
Interrupting Cow
2020
Go
55
Crossing The Current
2020
Go
56
Interrupting Cow And The Chicken Crossing The Road
2020
Go
57
The Mary Celeste
2021
Go
58
The Leather Apron Club
2021
Go
59
When Nana Dances (With: Maddison Stemple-Piatt)
2021
Go
60
New Tricks For The Old Dog
2021
Go
61
Elefantastic!
2022
Go
62
Big Bold Beautiful Me (With: Maddison Stemple-Piatt)
2022
Go
63
Love Birds
2022
Go
64
4
Interrupting Cow And The Horse Of A Different Color
2022
Go
65
Schlemiel Comes To America
2023
Go
66
The Horseback Librarians
2023
Go
67
Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase
2023
Go
68
6
What To Do With A Box
2023
Go
69
Interrupting Cow And The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
2023
Go
70
Smout And The Lighthouse
2023
Go
71
Tea With An Old Giant
2023
Go
72
Nana And Me
2023
Go
73
Mighty Micah
2024
Go
74
See This Little Dot
2024
Go
75
Eeny And Her Sisters
2024
Go
76
Too Many Golems
2024
Go
77
Quiet As Mud
2024
Go
78
The Apple Argument
2024
Go
79
Interrupting Cow Meets The Wise Quacker
2024
Go
80
The Giants' Visitor
2024
Go
81
The Many Problems Of Rochel-leah
2024
Go
82
The Giants' Tree House
2025
Go
83
Animals On Parade
2025
Go
84
His Fairytale Life
2025
Go
85
How To Spot A Mermaid
2025
Go
86
Monsters Of Fife
2025
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List of Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Among Angels: Poems (With: Nancy Willard)
1995
Go
2
2
Not One Damsel in Distress: Heroic Girls from World Folklore (With: Susan Guevara)
2000
Go
3
10
Meow
2005
Go
4
4
Grumbles from the Town (With: Rebecca Kai Dotlich)
2021
Go
5
In and Out the Window
2024
Go
6
The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems
2024
Go

List of Oz Reimagined Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Dorothy Dreams (By: Simon R. Green)
2013
Go
2
Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust (By: Seanan McGuire)
2013
Go
3
The Boy Detective of Oz (By: Tad Williams)
2013
Go
4
A Meeting in Oz ( By: Jeffrey Ford)
2013
Go
5
Off to See the Emperor (By: Orson Scott Card)
2013
Go
6
The Cobbler of Oz (By: Jonathan Maberry)
2013
Go
7
Lost Girls of Oz ( By: Theodora Goss)
2013
Go
8
Blown Away
2013
Go
9
A Tornado of Dorothys (By: Kat Howard)
2013
Go
10
The Veiled Shanghai (By: Ken Liu)
2013
Go
11
Dead Blue ( By: David Farland)
2013
Go
12
The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz (By: C.C. Finlay, Rae Carson)
2013
Go
13
Beyond the Naked Eye ( By: Rachel Swirsky)
2013
Go
14
City So Bright (By: Dale Bailey)
2013
Go
15
One Flew Over the Rainbow ( By: Robin Wasserman)
2013
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List of MagicQuest Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
The Sherwood Ring (By: Elizabeth Marie Pope)
1958
Go
2
The Seventh Swan (By: Nicholas Stuart Gray)
1962
Go
3
The Dragon Hoard (By: Tanith Lee, Graham Oakley)
1971
Go
4
The Throme of the Erril of Sherill (By: Patricia A. McKillip)
1973
Go
5
8
The Perilous Gard (By: Elizabeth Marie Pope)
1974
Go
6
The Magic Three of Solatia
1974
Go
7
Power of Three (By: Diana Wynne Jones)
1976
Go
8
Time Piper (By: Delia Huddy)
1976
Go
9
The Dark Lord of Pengersick (By: Richard Carlyon)
1976
Go
10
East of Midnight (By: Tanith Lee)
1977
Go
11
10
The Devil on the Road (By: Robert Westall)
1978
Go
12
The Ash Staff (By: Paul R. Fisher)
1979
Go
13
8
Tulku (By: Peter Dickinson)
1979
Go
14
7
The Magicians of Caprona (By: Diana Wynne Jones)
1980
Go
15
The Princess and the Thorn (By: Paul R. Fisher)
1980
Go
16
Mont Cant Gold (By: Paul R. Fisher)
1981
Go
17
The Hawks of Fellheath (By: Paul R. Fisher)
1984
Go
18
Talking to Dragons (By: Patricia C. Wrede)
1985
Go
19
The Last Days of the Edge of the World (By: Brian M. Stableford)
1985
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List of Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Strangers Among Us
2016
Go
2
The Sum Of Us
2017
Go
3
Where the Stars Rise
2017
Go
4
Shades Within Us
2018
Go
5
Seasons Between Us
2021
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Anthology Series

List of Jane Yolen Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes
1978
Go
2
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII
1984
Go
3
Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction
1985
Go
4
Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton
1985
Go
5
8
Dragons & Dreams
1986
Go
6
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12
1986
Go
7
The Unicorn Treasury
1988
Go
8
First Annual Collection
1988
Go
9
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
1988
Go
10
Dragons and Warrior Daughters
1989
Go
11
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur
1989
Go
12
Second Annual Collection
1989
Go
13
Third Annual Collection
1989
Go
14
Halloween Poems
1989
Go
15
The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams
1990
Go
16
Drabble II: Double Century
1990
Go
17
Spells of Enchantment
1991
Go
18
6
After the King
1991
Go
19
Fifth Annual Collection
1992
Go
20
Inside the Funhouse
1992
Go
21
A Wizard's Dozen
1993
Go
22
7
Snow White, Blood Red
1993
Go
23
8
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
1993
Go
24
The Ultimate Witch
1993
Go
25
South From Midnight
1994
Go
26
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
1994
Go
27
Xanadu
1994
Go
28
Seventh Annual Collection
1994
Go
29
8
Black Thorn, White Rose
1994
Go
30
The Armless Maiden
1995
Go
31
Angels!
1995
Go
32
The Book of Kings
1995
Go
33
4
The Haunted House of Original Stories
1995
Go
34
8
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
1995
Go
35
Blood Muse
1995
Go
36
Women at War
1995
Go
37
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection
1996
Go
38
Starlight 1
1996
Go
39
Modern Classics of Fantasy
1997
Go
40
Out of the Mold
1997
Go
41
The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories
1997
Go
42
Black Swan, White Raven
1997
Go
43
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
Go
44
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle
1998
Go
45
Nebula Awards 33
1999
Go
46
Sherwood
2000
Go
47
Crafty Cat Crimes
2000
Go
48
Ribbiting Tales
2000
Go
49
Black Heart, Ivory Bones
2000
Go
50
Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower
2000
Go
51
Nebula Awards 34 (2000)
2000
Go
52
Mirror, Mirror: Forty Folk Tales for Mothers and Daughters to Share
2000
Go
53
Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance
2000
Go
54
Starlight 3
2001
Go
55
10
Fourteenth Annual Collection
2001
Go
56
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women
2001
Go
57
The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature
2002
Go
58
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest
2002
Go
59
Fire and Wings: Dragon Tales from East and West
2002
Go
60
Fifteenth Annual Collection
2002
Go
61
New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction
2003
Go
62
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian
2003
Go
63
New Magics
2004
Go
64
The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens
2005
Go
65
Unexpected
2005
Go
66
Jabberwocky 2
2006
Go
67
Best New Paranormal Romance
2006
Go
68
Be Careful What You Wish For
2007
Go
69
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
2007
Go
70
8
Firebirds Soaring
2009
Go
71
6
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People
2009
Go
72
8
Amazing Faces
2010
Go
73
Visitants
2010
Go
74
10
Happily Ever After
2011
Go
75
What You Wish For
2011
Go
76
Conclave
2012
Go
77
Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful
2012
Go
78
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
2012
Go
79
Where Rockets Burn Through
2012
Go
80
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 35, April 2013
2013
Go
81
Oz Reimagined
2013
Go
82
The 2013 Rhysling Anthology
2013
Go
83
Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales
2013
Go
84
Beyond the Pale
2014
Go
85
Futuredaze 2: Reprise
2014
Go
86
Mythic Delirium
2014
Go
87
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep
2015
Go
88
Scarecrow
2015
Go
89
Been There, Done That
2015
Go
90
Mythic Delirium: Volume Two
2015
Go
91
Warrior Women
2015
Go
92
Shoreline of Infinity 3
2016
Go
93
10
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold
2016
Go
94
One Minute till Bedtime
2016
Go
95
The 2017 Rhysling Anthology
2017
Go
96
Equus
2017
Go
97
Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition
2017
Go
98
Mad Hatters and March Hares
2017
Go
99
Compass Roads: Poems about the Pioneer Valley
2018
Go
100
Shoreline of Infinity 11½
2018
Go
101
Nebula Awards 52 (2018)
2018
Go
102
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories
2018
Go
103
Multiverse: an international anthology of science fiction poetry
2018
Go
104
Thanku
2019
Go
105
8
Wonderland
2019
Go
106
Coffin Bell Two
2019
Go
107
Edited By
2020
Go
108
Wicked Women: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers
2020
Go
109
Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas
2021
Go
110
The Reinvented Heart
2022
Go
111
The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie
2023
Go
112
Unioverse: Stories of the Reconvergence
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Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen (Jane Hyatt Yolan) was born on February 11th, 1939 and is currently 86 years old. Jane Yolen was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.

Jane Yolen is the author of the Jane Yolen Children's Books series which currently consists of 86 novels. The Jane Yolen Children's Books series started in 1971 with the novel The Bird Of Time. The most recently released novel in the Jane Yolen Children's Books series was Animals On Parade which was released in 2025. There are 3 upcoming novels for the Jane Yolen Children's Books series: His Fairytale Life which will be released on April 1st, 2025, How To Spot A Mermaid which will be released on April 29th, 2025, Monsters Of Fife which will be released on June 3rd, 2025.

In 1987, Jane Yolen won the "Professional" award, a World Fantasy Special Award for Favorite Folktales from Around the World. In 1998 Yolen's Young Merlin trilogy consisting of Passager, Hobby and Merlin won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature.

Jane Yolen: Awards & Accolades

Jane Yolen has won multiple awards including: The Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, in 1998 and the World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 2009.

Jane Yolen has won many awards including:

  • Cards Of Grief won the Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award, in 1985.
  • First Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1989.
  • Second Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1990.
  • Briar Rose won the Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, in 1993.
  • Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence won the Stonewall Book Award, Literature, in 1995.
  • Starlight 1 won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1997.
  • The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2003.
  • The Emerald Circus won the World Fantasy Award, Collection, in 2018.

The following novels by Jane Yolen were also nominated for these awards:

  • The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales: National Book Awards, Children's Literature (1975).
  • Tales of Wonder: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1984).
  • Dragonfield and Other Stories: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1986).
  • Merlin's Booke: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1987). Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award (1987).
  • The Devil's Arithmetic: World Fantasy Award, Novella (1989).
  • Sister Light, Sister Dark: Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award (1991).
  • Third Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
  • After the King: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1992).
  • Briar Rose: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1993).
  • Snow White, Blood Red: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1994).
  • The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1994).
  • Black Thorn, White Rose: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1995).
  • Good Griselle: Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (1995).
  • The Armless Maiden: Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (1995).
  • Eleventh Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (1998).
  • Boots and the Seven Leaguers: Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (2001).
  • Fourteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2001). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2002). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2002).
  • Fifteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2002). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2003). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2003).
  • The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2008).
  • Wonderland: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology (2019). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2020).
  • Edited By: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2021).

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  1. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  2. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings Series.
  4. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  5. C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles Of Narnia Series.

Jane Yolen: F.A.Q

When was Jane Yolen Born? How old is Jane Yolen?

Jane Yolen was born on February 11th, 1939. Jane Yolen is currently 86 years old.

Where was Jane Yolen Born?

Jane Yolen was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA and is American.

What awards has Jane Yolen won?

Jane Yolen has won the following awards: Fantasy Award for Children's Literature at the Mythopoeic Award (1998) and the Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Award (2009).

What book awards has Jane Yolen won?

Cards Of Grief: Mythopoeic Award Fantasy Award (1985).
First Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1989).
Second Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1990).
Briar Rose: Mythopoeic Award Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (1993).
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence: Stonewall Book Award Literature (1995).
Starlight 1: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1997).
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest: World Fantasy Award Anthology (2003).
The Emerald Circus: World Fantasy Award Collection (2018).

What was the first book Jane Yolen wrote?

The first book written by Jane Yolen was The Witch Who Wasn't, published in 1964.

What was the most recent book Jane Yolen wrote?

Her most recently released work was Animals On Parade on March 4th, 2025.

Will there be any more books by Jane Yolen?

Jane Yolen has three new books coming out: His Fairytale Life will be released on April 1st, 2025. How To Spot A Mermaid will be released on April 29th, 2025. Monsters Of Fife will be released on June 3rd, 2025.

How many books has Jane Yolen written?

Jane Yolen has written 233 books across 33 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Books of the Great Alta Series
  • 7 books in the Commander Toad Series
  • 5 books in the Fairy Tale Cookbooks Series
  • 2 books in the Foiled Series
  • 5 books in the Here There Be.. Series
  • 20 books in the How Do Dinosaurs..? Series
  • 1 book in the Isabel the Witch Series
  • 4 books in the On Bird Hill and Beyond Series
  • 4 books in the Pit Dragons Series
  • 2 books in the Robot and Rebecca Series
  • 1 book in the Rock'n' Roll Fairy Tale Series
  • 4 books in the Stuart Quartet Series
  • 3 books in the Tartan Magic Series
  • 3 books in The Seelie Wars Series
  • 3 books in The Stone Man Mysteries Series
  • 3 books in The Young Merlin Trilogy Series
  • 4 books in the Young Heroes Series
  • 4 books in the Yolen's Short Fiction Series
  • 30 Standalone Novels
  • 22 Short Story Collections
  • 13 Picture Books
  • 85 Children's Books
  • 6 Collections
  • 1 book in the Oz Reimagined Series
  • 1 book in the MagicQuest Series
  • 1 book in the Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction Series

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