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Alice Sola Kim
Alma Mater:Washington University in St. Louis
Stanford University
Genre:Science fiction
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Awards:Whiting Award

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.[2] Kim's works include short stories like “We Love Deena" and "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters.”[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] 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

Short fiction

Non-fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alice Sola Kim, Fiction. Honorees. Whiting. 2016-03-22. The Paris Review. en. 2018-05-12.
  2. News: New Fiction By Alice Sola Kim: "Successor, Usurper, Replacement". BuzzFeed. 2018-05-12. en.
  3. Web site: Publications. Alice Sola Kim. en-US. 2018-05-12.
  4. News: Helping Writers With a Windfall Avoid a Downfall. 2016-04-06. The New York Times. 2018-05-12. en-US. 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: Alice Kim Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship Program. pages.wustl.edu. en. 2018-05-12.
  6. Web site: Alumna Alice Sola Kim Wins Prestigious Whiting Award Arts & Sciences. www.polmeth.wustl.edu. en. 2018-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172701/http://www.polmeth.wustl.edu/news-ampersand/articles/2016/alumna-alice-sola-kim-wins-prestigious-whiting-award. 2018-06-14. dead.
  7. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20170922141937/https://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/alice-sola-kim/. 2017-09-22. Alice Sola Kim. Brooklyn Book Festival. 2018-05-12. en-US.
  8. News: The Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers. 2016-07-05. Vice. 2018-05-12. en-us.
  9. Web site: Fox 2000, 21 Laps Win Screen Auction To 'Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying'. Fleming. Mike Jr.. 2018-12-10. Deadline. en. 2018-12-14.
  10. Web site: Kim . Alice Sola . Now Wait For This Week . The Cut . 17 January 2019 . 28 March 2023.

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