Samuel Park

>Originally born in Sao Paulo, Brazil to Korean parents, Samuel Park moved to the United States at age fourteen. He went to high school in Southern California, in the South Bay Area, and then studied at Stanford University, where he graduated with B.A. (with honors) and M.A. degrees in English. He has a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Southern California, and his scholarly writing has appeared in journals such as Black Camera, Theatre Journal, and Shakespeare Bulletin. He is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Columbia College Chicago.

Samuel Park’s novella Shakespeare’s Sonnets was published by Alyson Books in 2006. He wrote and directed a short film version starring Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Jordan Brower (Speedway Junky). It was an official selection at International Film Festivals in San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, and Southwest, as well as the Pink Apple International Film Festival in Switzerland.

Samuel was inspired to write fiction from reading the novels of Jane Austen, especially Pride and Prejudice and Mansfied Park.