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Jane Yolen

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Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. [1]

67 relations: Adam Stemple, ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Alan Lee (illustrator), Alice G. Smith Lecture, American Library Association, Andrew Lang Lecture, Anne McCaffrey, Antler Dance, Armageddon Summer, Asimov's Science Fiction, Boiled in Lead, Briar Rose (novel), Brittany Murphy, Bruce Coville, Children's literature, Colours of a New Day, Commander Toad, Connie Willis, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Folklore, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Google Books, Harry Potter, High School of Music & Art, Infobase Publishing, J. K. Rowling, Jack Kent (illustrator), Kelly Murphy, Kirsten Dunst, Knute Rockne, Lawrence and Wishart, List of public elementary schools in New York City, Manhattan, Martin H. Greenberg, Mercer Mayer, Merlin and the Dragons, Mimi Rogers, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, National Outdoor Book Award, Nebula Award, New York Comic Con, Newport News, Virginia, Newsweek, Owl Moon, Paradox (magazine), Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Quakers, Raising Yoder's Barn, Regina Medal, ..., Rhysling Award, Robert J. Harris (writer), Second lieutenant, Smith College, Staples High School (Connecticut), Statue of Liberty, Summer camp, Susan Stamberg, The Devil's Arithmetic, The Emperor and the Kite, University of South Florida, Westport, Connecticut, Wired (magazine), Wizard's Hall, World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement, World Fantasy Convention, World War II. Expand index (17 more) »

Adam Stemple

Adam Stemple is a Celtic-influenced American folk rock musician, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults

The American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966-2010), is a recommendation list of books presented yearly by the YALSA division (Young Adult Library Services Association).

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Alan Lee (illustrator)

Alan Lee (born 20 August 1947) is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer.

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Alice G. Smith Lecture

The Alice G. Smith Lecture, established in 1989, is sponsored by the University of South Florida, School of Information.

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American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally.

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Andrew Lang Lecture

The Andrew Lang Lecture series is held at the University of St. Andrews.

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Anne McCaffrey

Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-born writer who emigrated to Ireland and was best known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series.

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Antler Dance

Antler Dance is the fourth album by Minneapolis Celtic rock band Boiled in Lead.

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Armageddon Summer

Armageddon Summer is a 1998 novel by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville.

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Asimov's Science Fiction

Asimov's Science Fiction (ISSN 1065-2698) is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov.

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Boiled in Lead

Boiled in Lead is a rock/world-music band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and founded in 1983.

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Briar Rose (novel)

Briar Rose is a young adult novel written by American author Jane Yolen, published in 1992.

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Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy-Monjack (born Brittany Anne Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009), was an American actress and singer.

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Bruce Coville

Bruce Farrington Coville (born May 16, 1950) is an author of young adult fiction.

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Children's literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children.

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Colours of a New Day

Colours of a New Day: Writing for South Africa is an anthology first published in 1990, edited by Sarah Lefanu and Stephen Hayward, inspired by an international tribute concert to imprisoned anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela on his 70th birthday in 1988.

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Commander Toad

Commander Toad is a series of children's books by Jane Yolen, published by Puffin Books from 1980 to 1998.

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Connie Willis

Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is a lifetime honor presented annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to no more than one living writer of fantasy or science fiction.

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Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)

Eighth Avenue is a major north-south avenue on the west side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic below 59th Street.

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Folklore

Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (2 April 1834 – 4 October 1904) was a French sculptor who is best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print and by its codename Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.

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High School of Music & Art

The High School of Music & Art, informally known as "Music & Art", was a public high school at 443-465 West 135th Street, New York, New York, USA, that existed from 1936 until 1984, when it merged into the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & the Arts.

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Infobase Publishing

Infobase Publishing is an American publisher of reference book titles and textbooks geared towards the North American library, secondary school, and university-level curriculum markets.

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J. K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling, ("rolling";Rowling, J.K. (16 February 2007).. Accio Quote (accio-quote.org). Retrieved 28 April 2008. born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film and television producer and screenwriter best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series.

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Jack Kent (illustrator)

John Wellington Kent, better known by his signature Jack Kent (March 10, 1920 – October 18, 1985), was an American cartoonist and prolific author-illustrator of 40 children's books.

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Kelly Murphy

Kelly Murphy is an American author and illustrator from Massachusetts.

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Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress.

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Knute Rockne

Knute Kenneth Rockne (March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was a Norwegian-American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.

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Lawrence and Wishart

Lawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain.

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List of public elementary schools in New York City

This is a list of public elementary schools in New York City, which are typically referred to as "PS number" (e.g. "PS 46").

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Martin H. Greenberg

Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist.

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Mercer Mayer

Mercer Mayer (born December 30, 1943) is an American children's book writer and illustrator.

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Merlin and the Dragons

Merlin and the Dragons is a 1991 animated film adapted from a story by Jane Yolen and illustrations by Alan Lee.

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Mimi Rogers

Miriam "Mimi" Rogers (née Spickler; born January 27, 1956) is an American film and television actress, producer and competitive poker player.

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Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Mount Sinai Beth Israel is a 799-bed teaching hospital in New York City.

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National Outdoor Book Award

The National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) was formed in 1997 as an American-based non-profit program which each year presents awards in ten categories honoring the best in outdoor writing and publishing.

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Nebula Award

The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States.

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New York Comic Con

The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television.

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Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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Owl Moon

Owl Moon is a 1987 children's picture book by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr.

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Paradox (magazine)

Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction (also known as Paradox Magazine or simply Paradox) was a literary magazine featuring original short historical fiction in all of its forms up to novella length.

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Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Patrick James Nielsen Hayden (born Patrick James Hayden January 2, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), is an American science fiction editor, fan, fanzine publisher, essayist, reviewer, anthologist, teacher and blogger.

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Quakers

Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church.

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Raising Yoder's Barn

Raising Yoder's Barn is a 1998 illustrated children's book written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Bernie Fuchs.

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Regina Medal

The Regina Medal is a literary award conferred annually by the U.S.-based Catholic Library Association.

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Rhysling Award

The Rhysling Awards are an annual award given for the best science fiction, fantasy, or horror poem of the year.

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Robert J. Harris (writer)

Robert J. Harris (Bob) is a Scottish academic and author of children's fantasies and historical novels, best known for his collaborations with Jane Yolen.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.

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Smith College

Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college with coed graduate and certificate programs in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Staples High School (Connecticut)

Staples High School is a public high school located in the town of Westport, Connecticut, USA.

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Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States.

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Summer camp

A summer camp or sleepaway camp is a supervised program for children or teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries.

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Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg (born September 7, 1938) is an American radio journalist who is a Special Correspondent for National Public Radio and guest host of Weekend Edition Saturday.

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The Devil's Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic is a historical fiction novel written by American author Jane Yolen and published in 1988.

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The Emperor and the Kite

The Emperor and the Kite, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young, is a 1967 picture book.

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University of South Florida

The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is an American metropolitan public research university in Tampa, Florida, United States.

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Westport, Connecticut

Westport is an affluent town located in Connecticut, along Long Island Sound within Connecticut's Gold Coast in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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Wizard's Hall

Wizard's Hall is a 1991 fantasy novel by Jane Yolen.

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World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement

The World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the World Fantasy Convention for the best fantasy fiction and fantasy art published in English during the preceding calendar year.

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World Fantasy Convention

The World Fantasy Convention is an annual convention of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Yolen

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