December 22, 1966 -
Korean-American novelist, short story writer and teacher
Author of "Comfort Woman" (for which she won the American Book Award for Fiction in 1998), "Mother-Tongue" (for which she won the Pushcart Prize in 1995) and "When You Trap a Tiger" (for which she won a Newbery Medal in 2021)
Korean-American novelist, short story writer and teacher
Author of "Comfort Woman" (for which she won the American Book Award for Fiction in 1998), "Mother-Tongue" (for which she won the Pushcart Prize in 1995) and "When You Trap a Tiger" (for which she won a Newbery Medal in 2021)