Publications
-A Ricepaper Airplane (novel)
-Children of a Fireland (novel)
-The Watcher of Waipuna (short story collection)
-Beyond the Falls (children's play)
-A House of Mirrors (short story collection)
-Stories, essays, etc. in lit mags and anthologies

Areas of Interest
-Creative writing, literatures of Hawai`i and the Pacific, Asian
American literature, Korean American literature, modern Korean
literature in translation, New Physics, jazz
-Producer, writer and editor of the 'Olelo Community TV series, "Plantation Children: 2nd-generation Koreans in Hawai'i."

Education
BA Boston University
MA University of Hawai`i at Manoa
PhD University of Hawai`i at Manoa

Awards
-Fulbright grantee, 2002
-Honorable Mention for the Association for Asian American Studies' 2004 Book Award in the Prose/Poetry category: CHILDREN OF A FIRELAND (U of Hawai'i Press, 2004), 2006