Grace K. Shim brings K-dramas to the page

Episode notes

Growing up, Grace K. Shim relished the twists and turns of Korean
dramas. Now, she's written one of her own with her YA debut,
The Noh Family, in which recent high school graduate Chloe
Chang discovers through a DNA test that she has family in
Korea...and they're not only rich but they've got lots of
secrets. Drama ensues.


On the episode, Grace talks about how her story overlaps with her
character's, why she took up writing, and the rise of Asian
American voices in publishing.
About our guest

Grace K. Chang ’05 received a master's degree from Lesley's
Graduate School of Education. Grace grew up in Tulsa Oklahoma as
one of two Korean-Americans at her high school (her sister was
the other one). Today, Grace writes books with Korean-American
protagonists that she wished she had read about as a teen.


When she’s not plotting (the writing kind, not the world
domination kind), you can find her wearing a Korean sheet mask,
baking French macarons, and unintentionally killing house plants
and succulents. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and
three kids.


More about Grace:


Grace's website

Follow Grace on Instagram and Twitter



Listen to our interviews with more Asian American YA
authors:


Axie Oh's 'Rogue Heart'

Author Andrea Wang on Growing up Chinese-American in the
Midwest



 


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