Patricia Park

Patricia Park is an Assistant Professor of Literature at American University, Fulbright scholar in Creative Arts, Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, and author of the debut young adult novel, IMPOSTER SYNDROME & OTHER CONFESSIONS OF ALEJANDRA KIM.

She is the author of the acclaimed adult novel, RE JANE, a Korean American reimagining of Brontë's JANE EYRE named Editors' Choice by The New York Times Book Review; Best Books of 2015 by American Library Association; O, The Oprah Magazine pick; NPR "Fresh Air" pick; and others. She has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Guardian, Salon, and others.

She was born and raised in Queens, graduated from the Bronx High School of Science, Swarthmore College, and received her MFA from Boston University.

She is working on her next YA novel, WHAT’S EATING JACKIE OH? and an adult novel about the Koreans in Buenos Aires called CHINO. Her novels are all part of the “Queens Multiverse.”