Jane Harrington

Jane Harrington teaches creative writing, children’s literature, and the fairy tale at W&L University and in the graduate program at Hollins University. She has published popular books for the youth market (Scholastic, Lerner) and currently crafts literary fiction and creative nonfiction. Her short works have been published widely in journals and anthologies, and her indie novel In Circling Flight was longlisted for the Crook’s Corner Book Prize. Her newest book, Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance: The Forgotten Founding Mothers of the Fairy Tale and the Stories That They Spun (Black Dog and Leventhal, August 2025), earned a starred review from Library Journal (“Verdict: It belongs on every shelf of literature relating to this art form.”) and is described by ALA’s Booklist as “perfect for readers drawn to feminist literary history, narrative reclamation, or the enduring influence of myth."