Letting Swift River Go

Jane Yolen, the author of such contemporary children’s classics as Owl Moon, The Devil’s Arithmetic, and How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?, has been called “America’s Hans Christian Andersen” by Newsweek and “a modern equivalent of Aesop” by the New York Times. Her bestselling books, which have been translated into twenty-one languages, have received many awards, including the Christopher Award, the Regina Medal, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Award. She has been nominated for a National Book Award and has received three honorary doctorates for her body of work. She and her husband, David Stemple, live in Massachusetts and Scotland.