Alice Sola Kim
American science fiction writer
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Alice Sola Kim is an American science fiction writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Kim was a 2016 Whiting Award recipient.[1] Her writings have appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Tin House, Lenny Letter, Asimov's Science Fiction, BuzzFeed, Lightspeed Magazine, and Strange Horizons.[1][2] Kim's works include short stories like “We Love Deena"[3] and "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters.”[4]
Washington University in St. Louis (MFA)
Alice Sola Kim | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (MFA) |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Notable awards | Whiting Award |
Biography
Kim was raised in Seattle, Washington.[5] Kim received a B.A. from Stanford University in 2006 and an M.F.A. from the Creative Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis in 2011.[6]
Awards and honors
In 2016, Kim was selected as one of ten recipients of the annual Whiting Awards.[7] Kim has received grants and scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Elizabeth George Foundation.[8] Vice described Kim as part of a "Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers."[9] In 2018, her horror short story, "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying" was acquired by 2000 Fox and 21 Laps, the producers of the Netflix original series Stranger Things, with Kim executive producing.[10]
Bibliography
Short fiction
- "The Night and Day War"[11]
- "We Love Deena"[3]
- "The Other Graces"[12]
- "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters"[4]
- "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying"[13][14]
- "Beautiful White Bodies"[15][16]
- "Now Wait For This Week"[17]
- "Successor, Usurper, Replacement"[2]
- "One Hour, Every Seven Years"[18]
Anthology appearances
- The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015 Edition. Prime Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-60701-4-546.[13]
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Eleven. Solaris. 2017. ISBN 978-1-78108-562-2.
- The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017. Mariner Books. 2017. ISBN 978-0-54497-3-985.[19]
- Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales. Candlewick. 2019. ISBN 978-1-53620-641-8.[14]
- THE NEW VOICES OF SCIENCE FICTION. Tachyon Publications. 2019. ISBN 978-1-61696-291-3.
Anthology as editor/judge
- PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2019. Catapult. 2019. ISBN 9781948226349. (with co-judges Carmen Maria Machado, Danielle Evans, and series editor Yuka Igarashi.)
Non-fiction
- "Bummed out and ugly on the occasion of Philip K. Dick's birthday". Guest Editorial. Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (6): 4–6. June 2014.