Yoon Choi
Yoon Choi is a Korean American writer. She is the author of Skinship, a 2021 short story collection published by Knopf that won several accolades and made several end-of-year lists, and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Themes of her work include Korean and Korean American identity, language and translation, and family.
Early life
[edit]Choi grew up in Long Island, New York and attended the Manhattan School of Music.[1] Later, she attended Johns Hopkins University as an undergraduate student. She then briefly attended New York University for an MFA but instead returned to John Hopkins University to complete a one-year MA and spend a subsequent year teaching. There, she encountered writers like Stephen Dixon, who was her advisor, Alice McDermott, and Jean McGarry.[2]
Career
[edit]Choi's stories have been published in New England Review and other publications. Her story, "The Art of Losing", was chosen by Roxane Gay for The Best American Short Stories 2018.[3][4]
In 2021, she published Skinship, her debut short story collection, which was selected by Ling Ma, Manuel Muñoz, and Oscar Villalon for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2022. In addition to several other accolades and mentions, it was also considered a best book of the year by several publications including Kirkus Reviews and NPR.[5][6]
Choi was a Stegner Fellow in fiction at Stanford University from 2017 to 2019, as well as a 2024 Winner in Fiction for the Whiting Award.[7][8][9]
Personal life
[edit]Choi is based in Orange County, California where she lives with her husband and four children.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ Jin, Katherine (June 14, 2022). "Negotiating Language: A conversation with Yoon Choi". Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ Choi, Yoon; Choi, Susan. "On Writing: in conversation with Susan Choi". The Hopkins Review. 17 (3): 161–175. doi:10.1353/thr.2024.a933393. ISSN 1939-9774.
- ^ Choi, Yoon (2018-05-09). "The Art of Losing". New England Review. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ Pitlor, Heidi; Gay, Roxane, eds. (October 2, 2018). The Best American Short Stories 2018. Mariner Books. ISBN 978-0547868868.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Best of 2021". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ Corrigan, Maureen (December 13, 2021). "Literary fiction dominates Maureen Corrigan's 2021 Best Books list". NPR.
- ^ "Former Stegner Fellows | Creative Writing Program". creativewriting.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ a b "Yoon Choi". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ a b Larsen, Peter (2024-04-10). "Orange County author Yoon Choi one of 10 winners of the 2024 Whiting Awards". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2024-11-06.