Catherine Chung

Catherine Chung is an American writer whose first novel, ''Forgotten Country, ''received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award, and was an Indie Next Pick, in addition to being chosen for several best of lists including Booklist's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012, and the ''San Francisco Chronicle''s and Bookpage's Best Books of 2012. She received a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, and was recognized in 2010 by ''Granta'' magazine as one of its "New Voices" of the year. Her second book ''The Tenth Muse'' was released to critical acclaim, and was a 2019 Finalist for a National Jewish Book Award. In 2015 Buzzfeed named her one of 32 Essential Asian American Writers. Provided by Wikipedia