Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Parkis an American author of teen fiction. Park published her first novel, Seesaw Girl, in 1999. She has written six children’s novels and five picture books. Park's work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery Medal for her novel A Single Shard. She has written the ninth book in the 39 Clues series, Storm Warning, published on May 25, 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth25 March 1961
CountryUnited States of America
became chance charming degrees dublin gave high irishman london lots moved near reading received stanford university
After high school, I went to Stanford University and majored in English. Of course, that gave me a chance to do lots more reading and writing. I also received degrees in London and Dublin - where I moved to be near a charming Irishman who became my husband!
books easy finish great instead pages
When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.' Books are very long and it's easy to get discouraged. Instead I think to myself, 'Wow, I have this great story idea, and today I'm going to write two pages of it. That's all - just two pages.'
fear trying
If you're trying to write about very strong horror, very strong fear or very strong emotion, it's easy to overwrite it.
active family
I enjoy my family a lot. I have active teenagers, and they're in soccer and choral events.
became main mom reader reading reason stories wrote
I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.
across best books came considered country fact finest korean liked pottery references several tiny
When I was reading books for 'Seesaw Girl,' I came across several references to the fact that in the 11th and 12th centuries, Korean pottery was considered the finest in the world. I liked that - the idea of a little tiny country being the best at something.
writing thinking giving
I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer!
jobs thinking issues
I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.
writing home half
I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
book thinking want
I want all my books to provoke some kind of response in the reader, to make them think something or feel something or both, and for that to become a part of them and work into their own lives.
taken men ideas
If a man is keeping an idea to himself, and that idea is taken by stealth or trickery-I say it is stealing. But once a man has revealed his idea to others, it is no longer his alone. It belongs to the world.
editors adore exception
Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.
war book writing
With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that it is the least understood war in the American cultural imagination. So I set out with the idea that Americans didn't know much about the Korean War and that I was going to try to fix a tiny bit of that.
book writing long
All my books take a long time to research. I spend several months researching before I start writing, and in the middle of writing I often have to stop and look up stuff. At my local library, I am one of the best customers! The research takes several months.