Korean American Fiction
| Last, First Name | Title | Published | etc. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adachi, Jiro | island of bicycle dancers, The | 2004, 2005 | KA Characters |
| Alan, Brennert | Honolulu | 2009, 2010 | KA Characters |
| An, Chŏng-hyo An, Junghyo 안, 정효  Multimedia |
Silver Stallion: A novel of Korea = 갈쌈(1986) = 銀馬는오지않는다(1990) |
1990 | Korean Author Korean War |
| An, Chŏng-hyo An, Junghyo 안, 정효 Multimedia |
White badge: A novel of Korea = 하얀전쟁: 안정효장편소설(1989) |
1989 | Korean Author Korean War |
| Anthony, Joseph | The rascal and the pilgrim : The story of the boy from Korea |
1960 | Adoptees Korean War |
| Bishoff, Tonya | Seeds from a silent tree : An anthology by Korean adoptees |
1997, 2000 | Adoptees Anthology |
| Bell, Albert A. | Death goes dutch | 2005, 2006 | Adoptees Mystery |
| Brandeis, Gayle | book of dead birds, The | 2001, 2003, 2004 |
Inter-racial |
| Burzlaff, Mi Soon | Bravo Your life! | 2010 | Adoptees |
| Carlson, Melody | Degree of betraial: Kenzie's story | 2004 | Young Adults KA Characters |
| Carlson, Melody | Falling up : Diary of a teenage girl: Kim (Book 3) |
2006 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Carlson, Melody | Just ask : Diary of a teenage girl: Kim (Book 1) |
2005 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Carlson, Melody | Meant to be : Diary of a teenage girl: Kim (Book 2) |
2005 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Carlson, Melody | That was then : Diary of a teenage girl: Kim (Book 4) |
2005 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Chang, Leonard | Crossings | 2009 | |
| Chang, Leonard | Dispatches from the cold | 1998, 2009 | |
| Chang, Leonard | Fade to clear | 2004 | Mystery |
| Chang, Leonard | fruit ’n food, The | 1996 | |
| Chang, Leonard | Over the shoulder: A novel of intrigue | 2000 | Mystery |
| Chang, Leonard | Underkill | 2003 | Mystery |
| Cha,Theresa Hak Kyung |
Apparatus, cinematographic apparatus : Selected writings |
1980 | |
| Charr, Easurk Emsen |
golden mountain : The autobiography of a Korean immigrant, 1895-1960, The |
1961, 1995 1966 |
Biography |
| Che, Sunny | Forever alien : A Korean memoir, 1930-1951 |
1999, 2000 2005 |
Biography JK |
| Chee, Alexander | descendants of a movie-going republic, The | 1994 | Short stories M.F.A. Thesis |
| Chee, Alexander | Edinburgh | 2001, 2002 | Gay youth |
| Chee, Alexander | queen of the night, The | Forthcoming | |
| Chin, Soo-young | Doing what had to be done : The life narrative of Dora Yum Kim |
1999 | Biography |
| Choi, Annie 최, 애니 |
Ayoo! | 2005 | M.F.A. Thesis |
| Choi, Annie 최, 애니 |
Happy Birthday or whatever : Track suits, Kim Chee, and other family disasters 패션 테러리스트 (tr. 2007) |
2007 | Young Adults Biography |
| Choi, Sook Nyul | Echoes of the White Giraffe | 1993, 1995 2007 |
Young Adults Korean War |
| Choi, Sook Nyul | Gathering of Pearls | 1994, 2007 | Young Adults |
| Choi, Susan | American woman = 미국 여자 v. 1 and v. 2 (tr. 2005) |
2003, 2005, 2008 |
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| Choi, Susan | foreign student, The = 외국인 학생 v. 1 and v.2 (tr. 1999) |
1998, 1999, 2004 |
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| Choi, Susan | person of interest, A | 2008, 2009 | |
| Chung, Sonya | Long for this world | 2010 | |
| Clement, Thomas Park |
forgotten war: Dust of the streets, The = 잊혀지지않은전쟁 :두 어머니와두 조국을 가진 한 남자의이야기(tr. 1999) |
1998 | Adoptees Korean War Inter-racial Biography |
| Cox, Soon- Keum Susan |
Voices from another place : A collection of works from a generation born in Korea and adopted to another countries |
1999 | Adoptees |
| Davis, Almer John | Sugar of lead | 2001 | KA Gangsters |
| Foster, Jenny Ryun | Century of the tiger : One hundred years of Korean culture in America, 1903-2003 |
2003 | Anthology |
| Han, Jenny Children's Books |
We'll always have summer | 2011 | Young Adults |
| Han, Jenny Children's Books |
It's not summer without you : A summer novel |
2010 | Young Adults |
| Han, Jenny Children's Books |
summer I turned pretty, The | 2009, 2010 | Young Adults |
| Hardy, LeAnne | Between two worlds | 2003 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Hehl, Eileen | Happily ever after | 1995 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Fenkl, Heinz Insu | Kori: The beacon anthology of Korean American fiction |
2001 | Anthology |
| Fenkl, Heinz Insu | Memories of my ghost brother | 1996 | Biography |
| Fischer, Maribeth | Language of good-bye | 2001 | KA Characters |
| Gary, Phillips | Violent spring | 1994, 1996, 2004 |
KA Characters |
| Hinchey,
Glenda Chung |
Like a joyful bird: A memoir | 2003 | Biography |
| Hinchey,
Glenda Chung |
Love, life, and publishing: A second memoir | 2005 | Biography |
| Hong, Dorothy M. | room for sorrow: Five short stories A | 2009 | Short Stories |
| Hong, Dorothy M. | Tales from a Korean maiden in America | 2003 | Includes Short Stories |
| Hong, Y. Euny | Kept: A comedy of sex and manners | 2006, 2007 | |
| Hwang, Caroline | In full bloom = 스물일곱 내 청춘이 수상하다(tr. 2005) |
2003, 2004 | |
| Hyun, Peter | Darkness at dawn : A North Korean diary |
1981 | Biography |
| Hyun, Peter | In the new world : The making of a Korean American |
1995 | Biography |
| Hyun, Peter | Man Sei! : The making of a Korean American |
1986 | Biography |
| Hur, Angela Mi Young |
Kim, Kennedy | 2005 | M.F.A. Thesis |
| Hur, Angela Mi i Young |
Loosened | 2002 | |
| Hur, Angela Mi Young |
queens of K-town, The |
2007 | Young Adults |
| Howe, Ben Ryder |
My Korean Deli : Risking it all for a convenience store |
2011 | KA Characters Memoir |
| Hur, Angela Mi Young |
Unbound | 2002 | B.A. Thesis |
| Jaisohn, Philip | Hansu's Journey: a Korean story = 한수의 여행 (tr. 1979) |
1922 | |
| Jaisohn, Philip | My days in Korea and other essays | 1999 | Published in Korea |
| Johng-Nishikawa Jeannie |
Dearming in English | 2011 | Young Adults Memoir |
| Kalpakian, Laura | memoir club, The | 2004 | Adoptees |
| Kang, Chol-hwan
강, 철환 |
aquariums of Pyongyang : Ten years in the north Korean gulag, The = 수용소의 노래 (tr. 2003) |
2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 |
Biography Translation North Korea |
| Kang, K. Connie | Home was the Land of the Morning Calm : A saga of a Korean-American family |
1995, 2002 | Biography |
| Kang, Hyok | This is paradise! : My North Korean childhood |
2005, 2007 | Biography North Korea |
| Kang, Hyun Yi | Writing away here : A Korean American anthology |
1994 | Anthology |
| Kang, Younghill | East goes West : The making of an Oriental Yankee = 동양선비 서양에 가시다 (tr. 2000) |
1937, 1965 1997 |
Biography |
| Kang, Younghill | grass roof, The = 초당 (tr. 1993) |
1931, 1934 1966 |
Biography |
| Kang, Younghill | happy grove, The | 1993 | Biography |
| Keller, Nora Okja | Comfort woman = 종군 위안부(tr. 1997) |
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
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| Keller, Nora Okja | Fox girl = 여우 소녀(tr. 2008) |
2002, 2003 | |
| Keller, Nora Okja | Intersecting circles : The voices of hapa women in poetry and prose |
1999 | Anthology |
| Keller, Nora Okja | Yobo : Korean American writing in Hawai'i |
2003 | Anthology |
| Kim, Elaine H. | East to America : Korean american life stories |
1996 | Interviews |
| Kim, Elaine H. | Echoes upon echoes : New Korean American writings |
2002 | Anthology |
| Kim, Elaine H. | Seven stories | 2005 | M.F.A. Thesis |
| Kim, Elizabeth | legend of miracle well, A | 2006 | Young Adults M.F.A. Thesis |
| Kim, Elizabeth | Ten thousand sorrows : The extraordinary journey of a Korean war orphan = 만 가지 슬픔 (tr. 2001, 2008) |
2000, 2001, 2002 |
Adoptees Biography Inter-racial |
| Kim, Eugenia | calligrapher's daughter, The | 2009, 2010 | |
| Kim, Helen | long season of rain, The | 1996 | Young Adults |
| Kim, Hyejin | Jia: A novel of North Korea | 2007 | North Korea |
| Kim, Nancy | Chinhominey's secret | 1999 | Young Adults |
| Kim, Richard E. | innocent, The | 1968 | |
| Kim, Richard E. | Lost names: Scenes from a Korean boyhood = 잃어버린이름: 김은국장편소설 (tr. 1991) |
1994 | Young Adults Biography |
| Kim, Richard E. | martyred, The = 선교자 (tr. 1990) |
1965, 1964 | Korean War |
| Kim, Ronyoung | Clay wall = 토담: 김난영장편소설(tr. 1990) |
1986, 1987, 1990, 1992 |
Young Adults |
| Kent, Rose | Kimchi & Calamari | 2007 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Kim, Patti | cap called reliable, The = 아름다운 화해 (tr. 1999) |
1997 | Young Adults |
| Kim, Helen | long season of rain, The = 엄마의집 : 헬렌킴장편소설 (tr. 2001) |
1996, 1997 | Young Adults |
| Kim, Suki | interpreter, The = 통역사 (tr. 2005) |
2003, 2004 | |
| Kim, Sunee = Kim Sunée |
Trail of crumbs : Hunger, love, and the search for home = 서른 살의 레시피(tr. 2008) |
2008 | Adoptees Biography |
| Kim, Tae | War with pigeons | 2010 | |
| Kim, Willyce Poetry |
Dancer Dawkins and the California kid | 1985 | Lesbians |
| Kim, Willyce Poetry |
Dead heat | 1988 | Mystery |
| Kim, Yong-ik Children's Books |
Love in winter = 겨울의 사랑(tr. 1985) |
1963, 1964, 1969 |
Post-war Korea Short Stories |
| Koh, Taiwon Kim | bitter fruit of Kom-Pawi, The | 1959, 1967 | Biography |
| Koh, Taiwon Kim | Divided family = The bitter fruit of Kom-Pawi |
1959 | Biography |
| Kwon, A. Haesong |
They didn't say that | 2004 | M.F.A. Thesis |
| Lee, Chang-rae | Aloft = 가족 v.1 - v. 2 (tr. 2005) |
2005 | |
| Lee, Chang-rae | gesture life, A = 제스처 라이프 v. 1 - v. 2 (tr. 2005) |
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
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| Lee, Chang-rae |
Native speaker = 네이티브 스피커 v. 1 - v. 2 (tr. 1995) = 영원한 이방인(tr. 2003) |
1995, 1996, 1998, 2002 |
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| Lee, Chang-rae | surrendered, The | 2010 | |
| Lee, Don | Country of origin | 2004, 2005 | Mystery |
| Lee, Don | Wrack and ruin | 2008, 2009 | Satire |
| Lee, Don | Yellow: stories | 2001, 2002 | |
| Lee, Ellen | Once they hear my name : Korean adoptees and their journeys toward identity |
2008 | Anthology |
| Lee, Helie | In the absence of sun : A Korean American woman's promise to reunited three lost generations of her family |
2002, 2003 | Biography |
| Lee, Helie | Still life with rice : A young American woman discovers the life and legacy of her Korean grandmother |
1996, 1997 | Biography |
| Lee, Jeannie | Peacefully, go | 1998 | M.F.A. Thesis |
| Lee, Janice Y. K. | piano teacher, The = 피아노 교사 (tr. 2009) |
2008, 2009 | |
| Lee, Lauren | Stella: On the edge of popularity | 1994 | Young Adults |
| Lee, Marie G. Children's Books |
Finding my voice | 1992, 1994, 2002 |
Young Adults |
| Lee, Marie G. Children's Books |
Necessary roughness | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 |
Young Adults |
| Lee, Marie G. Children's Books |
New year, new love | 1996 | Young Adults Anthology |
| Lee, Marie G. Children's Books |
Saying Goodbye | 1994 | Young Adults |
| Lee, Marie G. Children's Books |
Somebody's daughter | 2005, 2006 | Adoptees |
| Lee, Mary Paik | Life with the Paik family in America | 1984 | Biography |
| Lee, Mary Paik | Memories of our Paik family's life in the new world | 1984 | Biography |
| Lee, Mary Paik | Quiet odyssey : A pioneer Korean woman in America |
1990 | Biography |
| Lee, Min Jin | Free food for millionaires = 백만장자를 위한 공짜음식 v. 1 - v. 2 (tr. 2008) |
2007, 2008 | |
| Lee, Veronica | Princess June | 2001 | Adoptees |
| Lee, Young Jean
Multimedia |
New downtown now : An anthology of new theater from downtown New York |
2006 | Drama Multimedia |
| Lee, Young Jean
Multimedia |
Three plays | 2006 | Drama |
| Lee, Young Jean
Multimedia |
Songs of the dragons flying to heaven and other plays |
2009 | Drama |
| Lee, Young Jean
Multimedia |
shipment, The | 2009 | Drama |
| Leslie, Adrienne | Bird and fish | 2008 | KA Characters |
| Leslie, Adrienne | Sea and sky | 2009 | KA Characters |
| Mackall, Dandi Daley |
Degrees of Betrayal: Sierra's story | 2004 | Young Adults KA Characters |
| Martin, Bradley K. | Under the loving care of the fatherly leader : North Korea and the Kim dynasty |
2004, 2006 | Biography North Korea |
| Mazzotta, David | Apple pie | 1997, 2004 | |
| Mazzotta, David | Business as usual | 2003 | |
| McKinney, Chris | queen of tears, The | 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007 |
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| McCullough, Kae | Skin deep | 1993 | Mystery |
| Min, Katherine | Secondhand world | 2006, 2008 | Young Adults |
| Mun, Nami | Miles from nowhere | 2008, 2009 | Young Adults |
| Na, An | fold, The | 2008 | Young Adults |
| Na, An | No such thing as the real world : Stories about growing up and getting a life |
2001 | Young Adults Short Stories |
| Na, An | step from Heaven, A = 여기는 천국이 아니야(tr. 2003) |
2000, 2001, 2002 |
Young Adults |
| Na, An | Wait for me | 2006, 2007 | Young Adults |
| Nam, Vickie | Yell-oh girls! : Emerging voices explore culture, identity, and growing up Asian American |
2001, 2008 | Young Adults Anthology |
| Nelson, Sarah M. | Spirit bird journey | 1999 | |
| Nesbit, Jeffrey Asher | Degrees of Betrayal: Ryun's story | 2004 | Young Adults KA Characters |
| Oh, Ellen | Seven Kingdoms | Preview | Young Adults Fantasy |
| Pak, Ty | Cry Korea cry | 1999 | Korean War |
| Pak, Ty | Guilt payment | 1983 | Korean War |
| Pak, Ty | Moonbay: short stories | 1999 | Short Stories |
| Pak, Gary | Children of a fireland | 2004 | Suspense |
| Pak, Gary | Language of the geckos : And other stories |
2005 | |
| Pak, Gary | ricepaper airplane, A | 1998 | |
| Pak, Gary | watcher of Waipuna and other stories, The | 1992 | Short Stories |
| Pak, Gary | Robot stories : And more screenplays |
2005 | Screen plays |
| Pahk, Induk | cock still crows, The | 1977 | |
| Pahk, Induk | hour of the tiger, The = 호랑이 시 (tr. 2007) |
1965 | |
| Pahk, Induk | September Monkey | 1954, 1955 | |
| Pai, Margaret K. | dreams of two yi-min, The | 1989 | |
| Park, Ishle Yi | temperature of this water, The | 2004 | |
| Park, Ed | Personal days | 2008, 2009 | Satire |
| Park, Ed | Read hard : Five years of great writing from the Believer magazine |
2009 | Anthology |
| Park, Frances | Hotline heaven | 1998 | Black Humor |
| Park, Frances | Walls against the wind | 1935 | Young Adult |
| Park, Frances | When my sister was Cleopatra Moon | 1999, 2000 2001 |
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| Park, Frances &
Park, Ginger |
To swim across the world | 2001, 2002 | |
| Park, Therese | gift of the emperor, A | 1997, 2005 | Comfort women |
| Park, No-yong | Chinaman's chance, an autobiography | 1940, 1944, 1948 |
Biography |
| Park, Therese | When a rooster crows at night : A child's experience of the Korean War |
2004 | Korean War |
| Park, Yongsoo | Boy genius | 2002 | Suspense |
| Park, Yongsoo | Las cucarachas | 2004 | Adventure |
| Porcelli, Joe | photograph, The | 1995 | Adoptees |
| Robinson, Katy | linoleum room, The | 2005 | Black Humor |
| Robinson, Katy | single square picture : A Korean adoptee's search for her roots, A = 커밍홈 : 해외입양 한국인 여기자의 뿌리찾기(tr. 2002) |
2002 | Adoptees Biography |
| Salzman, Mark | soloist, The | 1994, 1995 | KA Characters |
| Scott, Joanna C. Poetry |
lucky gourd shop, The | 2000, 2001 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Shin, Kyung-Sook | Please look after Mom = 엄마를 부탁해 (2008) |
2011 | Korean Author |
| Shteyngart, Gary | Super sad true love story | 2010 | KA Characters |
| Sinykin, C. Sheri | buddy trap, the | 1991 | Young Adults KA Characters |
| Smith, D. J. | My brother's passion | 2004 | Young Adults KA Characters |
| Smith, Mark Haskell |
Baked | 2010 | KA Characters |
| Stout, Mira | Ingres : An accidental biography in thirteen portraits |
2003 | Inter-racial |
| Stout, Mira | One thousand chestnut trees: A novel of Korea = 천그루의밤나무 v. v. 1 - v. 2 : 미라 스타우트 장편소설(tr. 1998) |
1997, 1998, 1999, 2008 |
Inter-racial |
| Suh, Lloyd | Masha no home: drama | 2003 | Play |
| Sunoo, Brenda Paik |
Korean American writings : Selected material from insight, Korean American bimonthly |
1975 | |
| Sunoo, Brenda Paik |
Seaweed and shamans : Inheriting the gifts of grief = 미역국 한 그릇 :슬픔의 바다에서 찾아낸 치유의 선물 (tr. 2007) |
2006 | 4th Generation |
| Talarigo, Jeff | ginseng hunter, The | 2008, 2009 | North Koreans |
| Taylor, Theodore | Tuck triumphant | 1991 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Tyler, Anne | Digging to America | 2007 | Adoptees |
| Thomas, Cullen | Brother one cell : An American coming of age in South Korea's prisons = 나는 한국에서 어른이 되었다 (tr. 2008) |
2006, 2007, 2008 |
Americans in S. Korea Biography |
| Trenka, Jane Jeong | Fugitive visions : An adoptee's return to Korea |
2009 | Adoptees Biography |
| Trenka, Jane Jeong | Language of blood: Memoir = 피의 언어 (tr. 2005) |
2003, 2004, 2005 |
Adoptees Biography |
| Trenka, Jane Jeong | Outsiders within : Writing on transracial adoption |
2006 | Adoptees Anthology |
| Vollmann, William T. | royal family, The | 2000, 2001 | KA Characters |
| Wehry, Whalen M. | yobo : a novel of Korea, The | 1984 | Historic |
| Welsh, Irvine | If you liked school, you'll love work | 2007 | Short Stories KA Characters |
| White, Link S. | Chesi's story : One boy's long journey from war to peace |
1995 | Adoptees Biography |
| Wilkinson, Hei Sook Park |
After the morning calm : Reflections of Korean adoptees |
2002 | Adoptees Anthology |
| Wong, Elizabeth | Kimchee and chitlins : A serious comedy about getting along |
1996 | Drama |
| Williams, E. Laura | executioner's daughter, The | 2000, 2007 | Young Adults Historic |
| Williams, E. Laura | romance for Shawnee, A | 1994 | |
| Williams, E. Laura | Slant | 2008 | Adoptees Young Adults |
| Woo Sung J. | Everything Asian | 2009 | Young Adults |
| Woods, Paula L. | Dirty laundry: A Charlotte Justice novel | 2003 | KA Characters Mystery |
| Yoo, David | Girls for breakfast | 2005, 2006 | Young Adults |
| Yoo, David | Stop me if you've heard this one before | 2008 | Young Adults |
| Yoo, Paula Children's Books |
Good enough | 2008 | Young Adults |
| Yoo, Paula Children's Books |
Willow King: Selections from a novel | 2001 | M.F.A. Thesis |
| Yu, Daeshik | Mini-anthology of Korean American Literature : 7 essays and 2 poems on Korean Americans with Korean-English text, A |
1984 | Bilingual |
| Yoon, Paul | Once the shore | 2009 | Short Stories |
| Youn, Anthony | In stitches | 2011 | Memoir |
| Yuh, Ji-Yeon | Beyond the shadow of Camptown : Korean military brides in America = 기지촌의 그늘을 넘어 : 미국으로 건너 간 한국인 군인아내들 이야기 (tr. 2007) |
2002 | Biographies History |
| Yun, Mia | House of the winds = 파란대문집아이들 (tr. 2001) |
1998, 2000, 2002 |
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| Yun, Mia | Translations of beauty | 2004, 2005 | |
| Zilka, Christine Lee | Facing north, heading south | 2007 | M.F.A. Thesis |