Sung J. Woo
{{short description|American novelist}}
{{Lead too short|date=June 2019}}
{{infobox writer
|name=Sung J. Woo
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1971|6|8}}
|birth_place=Seoul, South Korea
|occupation=Writer
|nationality=Korean-American
|education=Cornell University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
}}
Sung J. Woo (born June 8, 1971) is a Korean-American writer of five works of fiction.https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/2760050.Sung_J_Woo 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.Sung J. Woo, Macmillan author bio, http://us.macmillan.com/author/sungjwoo
Works
Woo's short story Limits received the 2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest Editor's Choice Award from [http://www.carvezine.com Carve Magazine].Sung J. Woo, Limits, {{cite web |url=http://www.carvezine.com/issue/2008/fall/woo.htm |title=Sung J. Woo - Limits |access-date=2009-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411043301/http://www.carvezine.com/issue/2008/fall/woo.htm |archive-date=2009-04-11 }}
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}}.
- Love Love (2015), {{ISBN|978-1-593-76617-7}}.
- Skin Deep (2020), {{ISBN|978-1-947-99395-2}}.
- Deep Roots (2023), {{ISBN|978-1-957-95737-1}}.
- Lines (2024), {{ISBN|978-1-956-69250-1}}.
References
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External links
- [http://www.sungjwoo.com Sung J. Woo: Official homepage]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazine/17lives-t.html The New York Times Magazine, Lives: "Like Father?"]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/nyregion/long-island/04Rgen.html?ref=new-jersey&pagewanted=all The New York Times, Generations: "Not Just a Place for Food, but for Bonding"]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/fashion/moms-cooking-comes-between-a-husband-and-wife.html The New York Times, Modern Love: "Overfed on a Mother’s Affection"]
- [https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/saying-i-love-you-with-baseball/ The New York Times, Private Lives: "Saying ‘I Love You’ With Baseball"]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/well/family/dna-testing-korea-japan-bias.html?_r=1 The New York Times, Ties: "The Unexpected Branch on the Family Tree"]
- [https://www.wbur.org/modernlove/2018/02/14/overfed-mothers-affection-nanjiani-gordon-modern-love WBUR Modern Love Podcast: "Overfed On A Mother's Affection | With Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon"]
- [https://lccn.loc.gov/n2008059183 Sung J Woo] at Library of Congress Authorities
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Category:American writers of Korean descent
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science alumni
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American male novelists
Category:American novelists of Asian descent
Category:People from Ocean Township, Ocean County, New Jersey
Category:People from Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey
Category:American male short story writers
Category:21st-century American short story writers
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:Novelists from New Jersey
Category:South Korean emigrants to the United States