Sook nyul choi biography

Sook Nyul Choi (Korean: 최숙렬; born 1937) is a Korean American children's storybook author.
Sook Nyul Choi was born in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Sook Nyul Choi is a Korean American children's storybook author.

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Sook Nyul Choi is an American author. She writes both for children and for young adults.

Background

Sook Nyul Choi was born in 1937 in Pyongyang, North Korea. In 1958 she immigrated to the United States. She has siblings.

Education

In 1962 Sook Nyul Choi received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Manhattanville College.

Career

After college, Sook Nyul Choi worked for a brief time for her husband, a Korean businessman. She taught in New York City and Massachusetts schools. After twenty years of teaching Choi retired and devoted her time to her writing.

Since all of Choi's novels are based on her personal experience, her books can be read as a journey through her life. Year of Impossible Goodbyes was Choi's first novel, published in 1991. The story covers her incredible escape to South Korea. In Choi's second novel, Echoes of the White Giraffe (1993), the protagonist, Sookan, is a teenager. The story is set in South Korea and portrays the invasion by North Kore

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Year of Impossible GoodbyesSook Nyul Choi

Sook Nyul Choi’s Year of Impossible Goodbyes is the first book in Year of Impossible Goodbyes series. The other books in the series are Echoes of the White Giraffe (1993) and Gathering of Pearls (1994). Published in 1991, it is set in 1945 Korea...

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Choi, Sook Nyul (1937–)

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