Catherine Chung

Catherine Chung
Catherine Chung at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
Catherine Chung at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
BornEvanston, Illinois, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Chicago
Cornell University (MFA)
GenreNovel

Catherine Chung is an American writer whose first novel, Forgotten Country, received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award,[1] and was an Indie Next Pick,[2] in addition to being chosen for several best of lists including Booklist's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012,[3] and the San Francisco Chronicle's and Bookpage's Best Books of 2012.[4][5][6] She received a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing,[7] and was recognized in 2010 by Granta magazine as one of its "New Voices" of the year.[8] Her second book The Tenth Muse[9] was released to critical acclaim,[10] and was a 2019 Finalist for a National Jewish Book Award.[11] In 2015 Buzzfeed named her one of 32 Essential Asian American Writers. [12]

  1. ^ "The Hemingway Society". www.hemingwaysociety.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  2. ^ "Forgotten Country". Indiebound.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  3. ^ Top 10 First Novels: 2012, by Donna Seaman | Booklist Online.
  4. ^ "Bookpage Best Books of 2012". BookPage.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. ^ Jan Stuart, Fiction Chronicle" "New Books by Jon McGregor and Others", The New York Times, April 22, 2012.
  6. ^ "Korean-American author’s riveting tale of family secrets", Korea Herald, June 1, 2012, accessed March 13, 2013
  7. ^ "NEA announces 2014 creative writing fellowships". Los Angeles Times. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  8. ^ Patrick Ryan (March 21, 2012). "Interview: Catherine Chung". Granta. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  9. ^ "The Tenth Muse - Catherine Chung - E-book". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  10. ^ "The Tenth Muse". www.catherinechung.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  11. ^ "The Tenth Muse | Jewish Book Council". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  12. ^ Lee, Jarry (2015-05-07). "32 Essential Asian-American Writers You Need To Be Reading". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2024-03-02.