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“I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer!”

Quote by Linda Sue Park

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Linda Sue Park is a Korean-American author renowned for her children's literature. Her works are celebrated for their deep cultural insights and focus on universal human emotions. Park's works include 'Dear Mr. Hatcher' and the 'Magic Tree House' series, which have won numerous awards and have gained the love of readers worldwide. more

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“Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.”

Exception Editors Adore

Author:Linda Sue Park

“With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that it is the least understood war in the American cultural imagination. So I set out with the idea that Americans didn't know much about the Korean War and that I was going to try to fix a tiny bit of that.”

Knows Want Writing Trying Book Ideas War Felt Bits Imagination Understood Tiny Score Korean Korean War

Author:Linda Sue Park

“All my books take a long time to research. I spend several months researching before I start writing, and in the middle of writing I often have to stop and look up stuff. At my local library, I am one of the best customers! The research takes several months.”

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Author:Linda Sue Park

“A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle.”

World Circles Comedian Bent

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“In my family and among Korean-Americans, there just is no occasion that people would get together without bibimbap. It's something that people eat when they're wanting to celebrate or have a good time with friends.”

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Author:Linda Sue Park

“Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for Seesaw Girl, eight months for Shard, three years for When My Name Was Keoko! The publisher takes another year and a half to work on the book, so altogether each book can take up to three or four years to publish.”

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Author:Linda Sue Park

“My first publication was a haiku in a children's magazine when I was 9 years old. I received one dollar for it! I gave the check to my dad for Christmas, and he framed it and hung it over his desk.”

Years Firsts Children Dad Dollars My Dad Checks Magazines Hung Desks Publication Haiku Framed

Author:Linda Sue Park

“God bless Interlibrary Loan. I pay a lot of library fines. In the case of 'A Single Shard,' I was using books that hadn't been checked out in 30 years, so I didn't feel too bad.”

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Author:Linda Sue Park

“I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.”

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“If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far.”

People Ifs Knows Enough Chance Example Lucky Our Family Chances Are Dublin

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