Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park | |
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Linda Sue Park at the 2014 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | March 25, 1960 Urbana, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) University of London (MA) |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, poetry |
| Notable awards | Newbery Medal 2002 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박명진 |
| RR | Bak Myeongjin |
| MR | Pak Myŏngjin |
| Website | |
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Linda Sue Park (born March 25, 1960) is a Korean-American author who 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, Storm Warning, published on May 25, 2010.