Alice Sola Kim

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Alice Sola Kim (born 1983) is an Asian 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 “Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying” and "We Love Deena."[3]

Biography

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

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] Kim has been described by Vice Magazine as part of a "Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers."[8]

References

  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. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  7. ^ "Alice Sola Kim". Brooklyn Book Festival. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  8. ^ "The Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers". Vice. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

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