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'''Alice Sola Kim''' is an [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] [[science fiction]] writer living in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]. Kim was a 2016 [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] recipient.<ref name="Honorees 2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/03/22/alice-sola-kim-fiction/|title=Alice Sola Kim, Fiction|last=Honorees|first=Whiting|date=2016-03-22|website=The Paris Review|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref> Her writings have appeared in [[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern|McSweeney’s Quarterly]], [[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]], [[Tin House]], [[Lenny Letter]], [[Asimov's Science Fiction|Asimov’s Science Fiction]], [[BuzzFeed|Buzzfeed]], and [[Strange Horizons]].<ref name="Honorees 2018" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/alicesolakim/new-fiction-by-alice-sola-kim-successor-usurper-replacement|title=New Fiction By Alice Sola Kim: "Successor, Usurper, Replacement"|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=2018-05-12|language=en}}</ref> Kim's works include short stories like “We Love Deena" and "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alicesolakim.com/publications/|title=Publications|website=Alice Sola Kim|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref>
'''Alice Sola Kim''' is an American [[science fiction]] writer living in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]. Kim was a 2016 [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] recipient.<ref name="Honorees 2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/03/22/alice-sola-kim-fiction/|title=Alice Sola Kim, Fiction|last=Honorees|first=Whiting|date=2016-03-22|website=The Paris Review|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref> Her writings have appeared in [[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern|McSweeney's Quarterly]], [[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]], [[Tin House]], [[Lenny Letter]], [[Asimov's Science Fiction]], [[BuzzFeed|Buzzfeed]], and [[Strange Horizons]].<ref name="Honorees 2018" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/alicesolakim/new-fiction-by-alice-sola-kim-successor-usurper-replacement|title=New Fiction By Alice Sola Kim: "Successor, Usurper, Replacement"|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=2018-05-12|language=en}}</ref> Kim's works include short stories like “We Love Deena" and "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alicesolakim.com/publications/|title=Publications|website=Alice Sola Kim|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
In 2016, Kim was selected as one of ten recipients of the annual [[Whiting Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.polmeth.wustl.edu/news-ampersand/articles/2016/alumna-alice-sola-kim-wins-prestigious-whiting-award|title=Alumna Alice Sola Kim Wins Prestigious Whiting Award {{!}} Arts & Sciences|website=www.polmeth.wustl.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref> Kim has received grants and scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Elizabeth George Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922141937/https://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/alice-sola-kim/|archive-date=2017-09-22|url=http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/alice-sola-kim/|title=Alice Sola Kim|work=Brooklyn Book Festival|access-date=2018-05-12|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' described Kim as part of a "Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dpkzqx/the-subversive-new-generation-of-asian-american-writers|title=The Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers|date=2016-07-05|work=Vice|access-date=2018-05-12|language=en-us}}</ref> In 2018, her horror short story, "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying" was acquired by [[20th Century Fox|2000 Fox]] and [[21 Laps Entertainment|21 Laps]], the producers of the Netflix original series ''[[Stranger Things]],'' with Kim executive producing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/fox-2000-21-laps-movie-auction-to-mothers-lock-up-your-daughters-because-they-are-terrifying-1202517496/|title=Fox 2000, 21 Laps Win Screen Auction To ‘Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying’|last=Fleming|first=Mike|last2=Jr|first2=|date=2018-12-10|website=Deadline|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref>
In 2016, Kim was selected as one of ten recipients of the annual [[Whiting Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.polmeth.wustl.edu/news-ampersand/articles/2016/alumna-alice-sola-kim-wins-prestigious-whiting-award|title=Alumna Alice Sola Kim Wins Prestigious Whiting Award {{!}} Arts & Sciences|website=www.polmeth.wustl.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172701/http://www.polmeth.wustl.edu/news-ampersand/articles/2016/alumna-alice-sola-kim-wins-prestigious-whiting-award|archive-date=2018-06-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kim has received grants and scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Elizabeth George Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922141937/https://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/alice-sola-kim/|archive-date=2017-09-22|url=http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/alice-sola-kim/|title=Alice Sola Kim|work=Brooklyn Book Festival|access-date=2018-05-12|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' described Kim as part of a "Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dpkzqx/the-subversive-new-generation-of-asian-american-writers|title=The Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers|date=2016-07-05|work=Vice|access-date=2018-05-12|language=en-us}}</ref> In 2018, her horror short story, "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying" was acquired by [[20th Century Fox|2000 Fox]] and [[21 Laps Entertainment|21 Laps]], the producers of the Netflix original series ''[[Stranger Things]],'' with Kim executive producing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/fox-2000-21-laps-movie-auction-to-mothers-lock-up-your-daughters-because-they-are-terrifying-1202517496/|title=Fox 2000, 21 Laps Win Screen Auction To 'Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying'|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|date=2018-12-10|website=Deadline|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
{{Expand list|date=August 2019}}
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2019}}


=== Short fiction ===
=== Short fiction ===
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* "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters"
* "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters"
* "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying"
* "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying"
* "Beautiful White Bodies"
* "Now Wait For This Week"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Alice Sola |title=Now Wait For This Week |url=https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/now-wait-for-this-week-a-short-story-by-alice-sola-kim.html |website=The Cut |date=17 January 2019 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>


=== Non-fiction ===
=== Non-fiction ===
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Kim, Alice Sola |authormask= -->|date=June 2014 |title=Bummed out and ugly on the occasion of Philip K. Dick's birthday |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=38 |issue=6 |pages=4–6}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Kim, Alice Sola |author-mask= -->|date=June 2014 |title=Bummed out and ugly on the occasion of Philip K. Dick's birthday |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=38 |issue=6 |pages=4–6}}


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official|https://www.alicesolakim.com/}}
*{{official website|https://www.alicesolakim.com/}}


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[[Category:Stanford University alumni]]
[[Category:Stanford University alumni]]
[[Category:Washington University in St. Louis alumni]]
[[Category:Washington University in St. Louis alumni]]
[[Category:Women science fiction and fantasy writers]]
[[Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Writers from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

Latest revision as of 05:04, 7 April 2024

Alice Sola Kim
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis
Stanford University
GenreScience fiction
Notable awardsWhiting Award
Website
www.alicesolakim.com

Alice Sola Kim is an American science fiction writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Kim was a 2016 Whiting Award recipient.[1] Her writings have appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Tin House, Lenny Letter, Asimov's Science Fiction, Buzzfeed, and Strange Horizons.[1][2] Kim's works include short stories like “We Love Deena" and "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters.”[3]

Biography[edit]

Kim was raised in Seattle, Washington.[4] Kim received a B.A. from Stanford University in 2006 and an M.F.A. from the Creative Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis in 2011.[5]

Awards and honors[edit]

In 2016, Kim was selected as one of ten recipients of the annual Whiting Awards.[6] Kim has received grants and scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Elizabeth George Foundation.[7] Vice described Kim as part of a "Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers."[8] In 2018, her horror short story, "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying" was acquired by 2000 Fox and 21 Laps, the producers of the Netflix original series Stranger Things, with Kim executive producing.[9]

Bibliography[edit]

Short fiction[edit]

  • "We Love Deena"
  • "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters"
  • "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying"
  • "Beautiful White Bodies"
  • "Now Wait For This Week"[10]

Non-fiction[edit]

  • "Bummed out and ugly on the occasion of Philip K. Dick's birthday". Guest Editorial. Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (6): 4–6. June 2014.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Honorees, Whiting (2016-03-22). "Alice Sola Kim, Fiction". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. ^ "New Fiction By Alice Sola Kim: "Successor, Usurper, Replacement"". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. ^ "Publications". Alice Sola Kim. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. ^ "Helping Writers With a Windfall Avoid a Downfall". The New York Times. 2016-04-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. ^ "Alice Kim | Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship Program". pages.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  6. ^ "Alumna Alice Sola Kim Wins Prestigious Whiting Award | Arts & Sciences". www.polmeth.wustl.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  7. ^ "Alice Sola Kim". Brooklyn Book Festival. Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  8. ^ "The Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers". Vice. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  9. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (2018-12-10). "Fox 2000, 21 Laps Win Screen Auction To 'Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  10. ^ Kim, Alice Sola (17 January 2019). "Now Wait For This Week". The Cut. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

External links[edit]

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