Paul Yoon

Paul Yoon (born 1980 in New York City) is an American fiction writer.

Yoon graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1998^[1] and Wesleyan University in 2002.^[2][3] His first book, Once the Shore, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book,^[4] a Los Angeles Times,^[5] San Francisco Chronicle,^[6] Publishers Weekly,^[7] Minneapolis Star Tribune^[8] Best Book of the Year, and a National Public Radio Best Debut of the Year.^[9] His work has appeared in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories,^[10] and he is the recipient of a 5 under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation.^[11] Recently a part of the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars,^[12] he lived in Baltimore with author Laura van den Berg.^[13] Currently, Yoon is "The Writer in Residence" at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.^[14]

Bibliography

• 2013: Snow Hunters (novel) ISBN 978-1476714813 ^[15]
• 2009: Once the Shore (short stories) ISBN 978-1932511703

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