Sung J. Woo (born June 8, 1971) is a Korean-American writer of three works of fiction. He was born in

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, South Korea.

Personal

Woo came to the United States in 1981, when he was ten years old. He grew up in Ocean Township, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in English from

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in 1994 and received his M.F.A. in creative writing from

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in 2006. Woo currently lives in Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey.

Works

Woo's short story ''Limits'' received the 2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest Editor's Choice Award fro
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Bibliography

Short stories

* ''Limits'' (2008)

Novels

* '' Everything Asian'' (2009), . * ''

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'' (2015), . * '' Skin Deep'' (2020), .

References

External links

Sung J. Woo: Official homepage
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Authorities {{DEFAULTSORT:Woo, Sung J. American writers of Korean descent Living people Cornell University alumni New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science alumni 1971 births 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American novelists of Asian descent People from Ocean Township, Ocean County, New Jersey People from Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey American male short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from New Jersey South Korean emigrants to the United States