Her childhood was made lively by her father’s adventurous life in public relations, which took her from New York City to California, where her father did publicity for Warner Films, and back again. Yolen sees her stories and poems as somehow rooted in her sense of family and self. I seem to have gotten a bit of both, though not enough of either.” In her entry in Something About the Author Autobiography Series (SAAS), Yolen claimed, “My father’s family were merchants and storytellers (some called them well-off liars!). A noted storyteller in the oral tradition, she was a founding member of the Western New England Storytellers Guild, has been a frequent reviewer of children’s literature, was for a time an editor with her own imprint, and is a discerning and prolific anthologist.īorn on February 11, 1939, in New York, Yolen was the first child of Will Hyatt and Isabelle (Berlin) Yolen. Yolen, who has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century, also taught writing and literature and served on the Board of Directors of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.”
Folklore, according to Yolen, is the universal human language, a “perfect second skin. While they include children’s books, fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction, mysteries, animal tales, historical fiction, humorous stories, songs, poetry, and even informational books on such subjects as kites, Shakers, the Quakers, and the environment, Yolen is particularly well known for her command of fantasy, folklore, and myth. She has produced approximately four hundred books addressed to a wide audience, from preschool to adults. Author Jane Yolen’s sense of wonder and love of folk culture imbue all her work with magic.
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