UR Writers Series: Jane Yolen November 2, 2009

Jane Yolen is perhaps best known for her children’s picture books in the How Do Dinosaurs… series, illustrated by Mark Teague. Her earlier picture book, Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr, won the Caldecott Medal in 1988. Adult readers may recognize her for her time-travel fantasy novel, The Devil’s Arithmetic, which was awarded the Jewish Book Council Award and was a Nebula award finalist. Yolen is also a prolific reteller of traditional tales (including her award-winning novel, Briar Rose) and has written extensively on writing. Her nonfiction books include Take Joy: A Book for Writers and Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood. Yolen’s talk is entitled, "Writing and the Three Rs: Reveal, Revision, Reinvention.” Her talk, this year’s Cathleen Mallaney Trees Lecture, is cosponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee, the Booker Chair in Religion and Ethics, and the University of Richmond's Department of Education.

Alice Haynes Room, Tyler Haynes Commons

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