Poet, novelist, storyteller, and picture-book author Jane Yolen has won four awards for her body of work in children's literature: the Regina Medal, the Kerlan Award, the Keene State Award, anda the Boston Public Library's Literary Light for Children Award. Her many books include Owl Moon, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and Moon Ball. Her daughter Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple has worked as a parole officer and a private investigator, and has published poems, short stories, and a picture book called Meet the Monsters. Jane lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and Heidi lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
