She never gave up on her dream of becoming an author and it was at this time that she had the idea for “Seesaw Girl,” her debut children’s fiction book. She worked several jobs during this time including teaching ESL to college students, advertising agent and food journalist.īut in all this her love for writing continued to grow and she dreamed of one day becoming an author.Īfter several years of struggling in Europe, the family moved to the United States and Linda Sue Park continued to teach ESL. Two years later, she resigned and together with her husband they would move to London from where she went to the University of London and Trinity College to study literature.
While she got to write, she never felt that writing public relations material was the outlet she needed as it was too formal. When she graduated from college, she got a job with a major oil company as a public relations writer. Throughout her high school years, she continued publishing in publications before she went to Stanford for her English degree. The bookworm would often be found reading the likes of EL Konigsberg, Laura Ingalls and Nancy Drew as she grew older.Īt only nine years old, she published a haiku in a then popular magazine from which she was paid nine dollars. By the time she turned four she was writing stories and poetry and that was before she even joined kindergarten.
Linda had always been an avid reader since her childhood growing up in the suburbs of Chicago. Her most popular poetry collection makes use of Korean syllabic verse to bring humor and surprise to everyday objects and moments.
She has made her name using innovative forms and historical settings that she used to expand a sense of possibility in young readers. While she is best known for her series of novels, she has also written poetry collections, picture books and angle standing novels. As a teenager, she went to Stanford University, where she earned her bachelor of arts degree. She was born to Korean immigrants in Urbana Illinois, and grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
Linda Sue Park is an American author of children’s fiction best known for her “Wing & Claw” series of novels. The Black Book of Buried Secrets (Companion Book) (By:Rick Riordan) The 39 Clues Collection (By:Rick Riordan,Peter Lerangis,Gordon Korman,Jude Watson) Into the Gauntlet (By:Margaret Peterson Haddix)
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