Soon, most people of the Clan begin to accept her as their own because of her healing abilities. With the passage of time, Creb and Iza grow close to Ayla as she learns the way of living of the Clan people. Ayla was considered as a member of the Others by the Clan people as they found her blond hair and blue eyes to be ugly. The Clan was full of people who were different from Ayla in all aspects. Soon, a woman of the Clan named Iza finds her and adopts her as her own child. She is left to wander in the dangerous and unfamiliar land in the Clan. The plot of the novel opens up with an earthquake that takes away all the members of Ayla’s family except her. The first novel was released by the Bantam publishing house in the year 1980. She had knowledge about medicines and use to connect with the animals easily. She had blue eyes, blonde hair and a high intelligence quotient. She belonged to the Cro-Magnon community and was considered as an outsider by the Clan. It depicts the life of the main character, a girl named Ayla. The series deals with relationships and love boundaries. Auel, Earth’s Children” consists of a total of six different novels published from 1980 to 2011. The prehistorical milestones were also found to be inconsistent and arbitrary. Although the novels written by her are full of ethnobotanical accuracies and anthropological authenticities, many of the recent archaeological works have suggested that some of the details mentioned in the novels related to the prehistorical facts are inaccurate whereas a few others are just fictional. Clottes who used to guide her for research work. Clottes was responsible for exploring the Cosquer and Chauvet Caves, which were discovered in 19. Mostly, Jean used to visit the parts of Old Europe and even met Dr. She has traveled to various parts of Europe right from France till Ukraine in relation to her research work. As the success of her first novel kept rising, Jean continued to travel to a number of prehistoric sites and met the experts for gaining in-depth knowledge. The novel was appreciated by many readers worldwide and it went on to win a number of nominations foe literary awards like the Best First Novel by the American Booksellers Association. With the help of complete training and knowledge, Jean penned down her first novel of the series, Clan of the Cave Bear in the year 1980. He would be able to find food, shelter and clothing with the help of his survival skills. She was so impressed by his skills that she believed he would come out of any wilderness, if left alone without any stuffs required for survival. She even began learning the construction of an ice cave by joining a survival class, as well as other related activities like making fire with the use of primitive methods, knapping stone and tanning leather under the guidance of Jim Riggs, who was an expert in aboriginal skills. During the start of the writing career in the year 1977, Jean used to do a lot of library research work on Ice Age. Other than these, she also holds honorary degrees from a couple of other institutions. Jean completed her studies from the Portland State University. She did all such jobs for living up to 1976, after which she went on to explore the author inside her. She also tried her hand at various other professions like credit manager and also a technical writer. She now lives happily in Portland, Oregon with Ray Bernard Auel, her husband and their five beautiful children.īefore becoming a professional writer, Jean used to work as a clerk during 1965-66, while still studying. This is something that she feels awkward about very often. Jean’s typical surname is such that it is sometimes misunderstood as ‘owl’ (Auel) when pronounced without looking at the spelling. The series was such a hit that it went on to sell more than 34 million copies all over the world and was also translated into multiple languages. The series deals with the interactions of the Cro-Magnon people with the Neanderthal people during the time of prehistoric Europe. Jean is particularly known for his world famous novel series, “Earth’s Children”, which a set of several historical fiction novels. She has the real name, Jean Marie Untinen and was born as the second child among a total of five siblings. Jean’s father was a house painter by profession whereas her mother was a homemaker. She was born in the year 1936 in Chicago, United States to Neil Solomon Untinen and Martha Wirtanen. Jean M Auel is a noteworthy author from the United States who has written a number of novels in the Literature & Fiction genre.
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