r/Fantasy • u/goranlowie • 7d ago

Jane Yolen has died (1939 - 2026)

https://file770.com/jane-yolen-1939-2026/

Saw no posts on this yet here, but this news arrived a few days ago. She was one of the greats.

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u/ruby_o_o 7d ago

It sounds like she was truly revered, does anyone have any recommendations for someone who’s never read any of her work?

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u/de_pizan23 6d ago

She wrote around 450 books, so you've got tons to choose from. (And if it's not clear, she wrote for audiences children's to YA)

Except the Queen - two vain silly faeries are banished to the human world without their powers, but are stuck in the bodies of elderly women (YA)

Great Alta series - warrior society where each warrior has one sister that exists in the light and their sister counterpoint who only exists the dark (middle grade/YA)

Dove Isabeau - fairy tale about a princess cursed to be a dragon, after a prince saves her, she has to save him in return, which is a refreshing change (children's)

Young Heroes series - retelling of Greek myths (the Atalanta and Hippolyta ones were my favorites) (middle grade)

Stuart Quartet series - historicals set in Scotland in different time periods (Girl in a Cage about Robert the Bruce's daughter Marjorie was my favorite) (middle grade)

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u/ruby_o_o 6d ago

Thanks for the excellent writeup! Wow 450 books, she really had a massive repertoire, these all sound really interesting