Catherine Chung
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Catherine Chung | |
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 Catherine Chung at the 2013 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | University of Chicago Cornell University (MFA) |
| Genre | Novel |
Catherine Chung is an American writer whose first novel, Forgotten Country, received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award,[1] and was an Indie Next Pick,[2] in addition to being chosen for several best of lists including Booklist's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012,[3] and the San Francisco Chronicle's and Bookpage's Best Books of 2012.[4][5][6] She received a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing,[7] and was recognized in 2010 by Granta magazine as one of its "New Voices" of the year.[8] Her second book The Tenth Muse[9] was released to critical acclaim,[10] and was a 2019 Finalist for a National Jewish Book Award.[11] In 2015 Buzzfeed named her one of 32 Essential Asian American Writers.[12]
Chung was born in Evanston, Illinois,[6] and has a brother.[8] She grew up in New York, New Jersey and Michigan.[6]
She graduated with a mathematics degree from the University of Chicago, and worked at the think tank the RAND Corporation before attending Cornell University to receive her MFA.[6]
