Alice Sola Kim

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Alice Sola Kim
Alma mater Stanford University (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (MFA)
Genre Science fiction
Notable awards Whiting Award

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]

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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"
  • "The Other Graces" [12]
  • "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters"
  • "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying"
  • "Beautiful White Bodies" [13] [14]
  • "Now Wait For This Week" [15]
  • "Successor, Usurper, Replacement"
  • "One Hour, Every Seven Years" [16]

Anthology appearances

  • The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015 Edition. Prime Books. 2015. ISBN   978-1-60701-4-546. [17]
  • The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Eleven. Solaris. 2017. ISBN   978-1-78108-562-2.
  • Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales. Candlewick. 2019. ISBN   978-1-53620-641-8.
  • THE NEW VOICES OF SCIENCE FICTION. Tachyon Publications. 2019. ISBN   978-1-61696-291-3.

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Honorees, Whiting (2016-03-22). "Alice Sola Kim, Fiction". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. ↑ "New Fiction By Alice Sola Kim: "Successor, Usurper, Replacement"". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. ↑ "We Love Deena". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters". Lightspeed Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Helping Writers With a Windfall Avoid a Downfall". The New York Times. 2016-04-06. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  6. ↑ "Alice Kim | Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship Program". pages.wustl.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  7. ↑ "Alumna Alice Sola Kim Wins Prestigious Whiting Award | Arts & Sciences". www.polmeth.wustl.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Alice Sola Kim". Brooklyn Book Festival. Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  9. ↑ "The Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers". Vice. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  10. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (2018-12-10). "Fox 2000, 21 Laps Win Screen Auction To 'Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  11. ↑ "Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 21". Small Beer Press. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "The Other Graces" Asimov's (July 2010) Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Beautiful White Bodies Part 1". Strange Horizons. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Beautiful White Bodies Part 2". Strange Horizons. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  15. ↑ Kim, Alice Sola (17 January 2019). "Now Wait For This Week". The Cut. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "One Hour, Every Seven Years". Tachyon Publications. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015 Edition". BlackGate.com. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
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