Carol Roh Spaulding Explained

Carol Spaulding-Kruse
Pseudonym:	Carol Roh Spaulding
Education:	California State University, Fresno (BA, MA) University of Iowa (PhD)
Awards:	Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (2022)

Carol Roh Spaulding is the pen name of Carol Spaulding-Kruse, an American writer of fiction and non-fiction who teaches at Drake University.^[1] She has stated she uses that pen name to blend her Korean and European heritage.

She is the 2022 winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.^[2]

Education

Spaulding-Kruse attended California State University, Fresno, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1986 and a Master of Arts in 1988. She then received a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Iowa in 1996.

Awards

In 2022, Waiting for Mr. Kim and Other Stories won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.^[3]

Publications

• Book: Smith . Kay Fenton . Zakery's Bridge: Children's Journeys from Around the World to Iowa . Spaulding . Carol Roh . Shrieking Tree . 2011 . 9780578075464.
• Book: Spaulding, Carol Roh . Waiting for Mr. Kim and Other Stories . . 2023 . 9780820365268.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carol Spaulding-Kruse . 2023-08-19 . Drake University.
2. Web site: Waiting for Mr. Kim and Other Stories . 2023-08-25 . . en-US.
3. Web site: 2022-09-20 . Carol Roh Spaulding Wins the Flannery O'Connor Award For Short Fiction . 2023-08-25 . . en.