Sung J. Woo
Sung J. Woo (born June 8, 1971) is a Korean-American writer. He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
Personal
Woo came to the United States in 1981, when he was ten years old. He grew up in Ocean Township, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in English from Cornell University in 1994 and received his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from New York University in 2006. Woo currently lives in Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey and teaches creative writing at Warren County Community College.[1][2]
Works
Woo's short story Limits received the 2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest Editor's Choice Award from Carve Magazine.[3]
Woo has also published non-fiction. His essays have been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine and KoreAm Journal.
Bibliography
Short stories
- Limits (2008)
Novels
- Everything Asian (2009), ISBN 978-0-312-53885-9.
References
- ↑ Sung J. Woo, Macmillan author bio, http://us.macmillan.com/author/sungjwoo
- ↑ Lechiski, Kevin. "Warren County Community College first in New Jersey to offer creative writing degree", Warren Reporter, May 30, 2009. Accessed December 8, 2014. "Warren County Community College student Alison Stewart of Phillipsburg meets Washington Township author Sung J. Woo, whose new novel, Everything Asian, is generating a buzz nationwide."
- ↑ Sung J. Woo, Limits, http://www.carvezine.com/issue/2008/fall/woo.htm
External links
- Sung J. Woo: Official homepage
- The New York Times Magazine, Lives: "Like Father?"
- The New York Times, Generations: "Not Just a Place for Food, but for Bonding"
- KoreAm Journal, Object of My Affection: "A Cat Mug"
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