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

[1][2] Her other works include the Nebula Award−winning short story "Sister Emily's Lightship", the novelette "Lost Girls", Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, and the Commander Toad series.

When Will joined the Army as a Second Lieutenant to fight in England during World War II, Yolen, her mother and brother lived with her grandparents, Danny and Dan, in Newport News, Virginia.

After the war, the family moved back to Manhattan, living on Central Park West and 97th Street until Yolen turned 13.

From 1990 to 1996 she ran her own young adult fiction imprint, Jane Yolen Books, at Harcourt Brace.

[1] She has co-written two books with her son, the writer and musician Adam Stemple, Pay the Piper and Troll Bridge, both part of the Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale series.

[7] She also wrote lyrics for the song "Robin's Complaint," recorded on the 1994 album Antler Dance by Stemple's band Boiled in Lead.

[1][5] Regarding the similarities between her 1991 novel Wizard's Hall and the Harry Potter series, Yolen has commented: I'm pretty sure [J. K. Rowling] never read my book.