Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Briar Rose has been banned—and burned!—in some places because one of the characters, Josef, is gay. (Source)
Awesome alert: Yolen's first book was about women pirates. The name? Pirates in Petticoats. Take that, Jane Austen. (Source)
Did Yolen major in Russian Studies in college? Nyet. Did she minor in it? Why, yes. Yes, she did. (Source)
Speaking of college, Yolen went to Smith…just like her character Becca did. Funny how that works, huh? (Source)
In case you're wondering, aye, Yolen has a second home in Scotland. She lives there for about a third of each year. (Source)