Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"I got a letter that said, 'We would like to invite you to give the Andrew Lang Lecture,' and then the kicker came: 'You would be the first woman to give the lecture,' " a surprised Jane Yolen says in this new video featuring female science fiction and fantasy authors. In celebration of Women's History Month, Yolen joins other prominent authors in the field, such as Ellen Datlow, Kate Elliott, Elizabeth Hand and N. K. Jemisin, to speak about being women writers, writing female characters, and the role models they look up to.
"I got a letter that said, 'We would like to invite you to give the Andrew Lang Lecture,' and then the kicker came: 'You would be the first woman to give the lecture,' " a surprised Jane Yolen says in this new video featuring female science fiction and fantasy authors. In celebration of Women's History Month, Yolen joins other prominent authors in the field, such as Ellen Datlow, Kate Elliott, Elizabeth Hand and N. K. Jemisin, to speak about being women writers, writing female characters, and the role models they look up to.
