![]() Perhaps one's regular audience resists the change. I call this the importance of reinvention. Maybe still walking about the house, but creatively dead. It's as if I can hear the time fairy pointing to a ticking clock (I just turned 75).īut really, I think if writers (or creative artists of any stripe) don't keep growing and changing, they are dead. My books of adult poety are tumbling out of me. The last few years I have been writing graphic novels. And though I haven't sold it (yet, she says hope eternal) it was something new for me. I have just written my first YA novel in verse. So let's begin!Īfter so many years of writing so many wonderful books, what keeps you interested and inspired? Is it new ideas? New techniques? We have some questions for you about craft and process, Jane. Jane is a tremendous talent, having written over 300 books, winning numerous awards, and has been awarded six honorary doctorates in literature. ![]() ![]() She is a huge supporter of fellow authors and artists and offers solid advice to those trying to break into the industry. Jane Yolen has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. KidLit411 is delighted to present to you the legendary author, JANE YOLEN! ![]()
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