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Alice Sola Kim

アリス・ソラ・キム

Arisu Sora Kimu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Unknown
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Seattle, Washington → Brooklyn, New York

Career

Occupations
science fiction writer
Active Years
2006-

Education

Stanford University
Degree: B.A.
Year of Graduation: 2006
Country: United States
Washington University in St. Louis
Creative Writing Program
Degree: M.F.A.
Year of Graduation: 2011
Country: United States

Awards

Whiting Award
2016
Category: Fiction
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters

Science fiction

Short story

Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying

Horror

Horror short story. Acquired by 20th Century Fox and 21 Laps for screen adaptation.

Adaptations
  • [Film]

Bibliography

  • We Love Deena
  • Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters
  • Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying
  • Beautiful White Bodies
  • Now Wait For This Week

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Subversive style as part of new generation of Asian American writers

Legacy

American science fiction writer recognized for receiving the Whiting Award in 2016. Her short stories have appeared in various publications.

In Popular Culture

  • Described by Vice as part of a 'Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers'

Quotes

  • Bummed out and ugly on the occasion of Philip K. Dick's birthday
    Source: Asimov's Science Fiction (2014)

Trivia

  • Likely Korean-American based on name
  • Raised in Seattle