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Korean-American author (born 1960)

Linda Sue Park (born March 25, 1960) is a Korean-American author who published her first novel, Seesaw Girl,^[2] in 1999.

She has written six children's novels and five picture books. Park's work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery Medal for her novel A Single Shard.^[2] She has written the ninth book in The 39 Clues, Storm Warning,^[2] published on May 25, 2010.

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Personal life

Linda Sue Park was born on May 19 1960, in Urbana, Illinois, and was raised outside Chicago.^[3] Linda Sue Park's parents immigrated to the United States in the 1950s, for their education.

Park has been writing poetry and stories since the age of four. Park published her first poem when she was nine years old for Trailblazer magazine. Through elementary and high school, she continued to publish poems in magazines for children and young people.

She published her first book in