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Mary Foxe asked Jane Yolen:

What stories have affected you most as a writer?

Jane Yolen Stories by James Thurber, Isak Dinesen, Ray Bradbury, Ursula LeGuin, Michael Swanwick, Peter Dickinson, John Crowley, Neil Gaiman, O'Henry. I am sure I will think of more after I send this.

And I take your "stories" as meaning short stories, not novels, not poetry.

Jane

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Dragon's Blood is the first fantasy novel I remember reading and it made me fall in love with the genre. Now after all these years I am finally taking up the pen to become an author myself and when goodreads asked who influenced me I thought of you. I hope that I can inspire others the way your books have me. How does it feel to know you are an inspiration?

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I devoured The Devil's Arithmetic in a few hours one evening and was stunned when I found out you've written 350+ books. Do your ideas come from anywhere in particular or all across the board? If you get a good idea, do you let it stew in the back of your mind for awhile or immediately jump on writing it?

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