Alice Sola Kim is an American science fiction writer living in Brooklyn,

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. Kim was a 2016

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recipient. Her writings have appeared in

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, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Tin House, Lenny Letter, Asimov's Science Fiction,

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, and Strange Horizons. Kim's works include short stories like “We Love Deena" and "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters.”

Biography

Kim was raised in Seattle, Washington. Kim received a B.A. from

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in 2006 and an M.F.A. from the Creative Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis in 2011.

Awards and honors

In 2016, Kim was selected as one of ten recipients of the annual Whiting Awards. Kim has received grants and scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Elizabeth George Foundation. '' Vice'' described Kim as part of a "Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers." 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 ''

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,'' with Kim executive producing.

Bibliography

Short fiction

* "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"

Non-fiction

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Alice Sola Living people 21st-century American women writers American women short story writers Asimov's Science Fiction people Stanford University alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni Women science fiction and fantasy writers Writers from Brooklyn Year of birth missing (living people)