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Angie Kim

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Angie Kim moved as a preteen from Seoul, South Korea, to the suburbs of Baltimore. After graduating from Interlochen Arts Academy, she studied philosophy at Stanford University and attended Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Her debut novel, Miracle Creek, won the Edgar Award, the ITW Thriller Award, the Strand Critics’ Award, and the Pinckley Prize and was named one of the best books of the year by Time, The Washington Post, Kirkus, and the Today show. One of Variety Magazine’s inaugural “10 Storytellers to Watch,” Angie has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Vogue, Glamour, and numerous literary journals. She lives in northern Virginia with her family. Happiness Falls is he ...more

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Angie Kim Hi Heather! Thank you so much - I'm so glad that you're reading and loving Miracle Creek! On the autism question, I gravitated toward autism and cereb…moreHi Heather! Thank you so much - I'm so glad that you're reading and loving Miracle Creek! On the autism question, I gravitated toward autism and cerebral palsy in Miracle Creek because I did HBOT myself for my son who was suffering from ulcerative colitis. (I wrote about this in Vogue in the Feb issue - the link is in my website at www.angiekimbooks.com). Most of the patients in that particular chamber had autism or cerebral palsy, and I became close friends with a number of the moms. Also, I had a lot of overlap with that group because one of my kids was born deaf in one ear and had extensive speech therapy and auditory processing therapy as well. In addition, I had a revelation a few months ago as I was working on an essay. I think I'm drawn to autism, especially kids with autism who are nonverbal, because it reminds me of when I first moved from Korea to Baltimore at age 11 and I couldn't understand or say anything, the frustration of feeling (and being treated as) inferior and unintelligent because of that inability to communicate. My situation, of course, was temporary, and I knew that I'd learn English eventually (and did), but given the intensity of my frustration and insecurity, it makes me feel so much empathy for those who are and will probably always be nonverbal, like those with autism.

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Angie Kim Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it (at least I *think* you enjoyed it? I always joke that "What a book!" is a great thing to say to so…moreThank you so much! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it (at least I *think* you enjoyed it? I always joke that "What a book!" is a great thing to say to someone if you didn't really like their book but want them to think you did, haha). To answer your question, yes, I have started working on a new novel. It's a literary mystery about a little boy who is nonverbal (with autism) who goes on a walk with his father, and only the boy returns home. It's about his family's attempt to solve the mystery of what happened with the missing father. I just started, so it will be a few years before it's done and released. In the meantime, I have essays and stories (some related to Miracle Creek) on the "Other Writing" tab on my website (angiekimbooks.com). Thank you again for reading and for reaching out!(less)
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“In a way, he supposed, it was inevitable for immigrants to become child versions of themselves, stripped of their verbal fluency and, with it, a layer of their competence and maturity.”
Angie Kim, Miracle Creek

“But that was the way life worked. Every human being was the result of a million different factors mixing together -- one of a million sperm arriving at the egg at exactly a certain time; even a millisecond off, and another entirely different person would result. Good things and bad--every friendship and romance formed, every accident, every illness--resulted from the conspiracy of hundreds of little things, in and of themselves inconsequential.”
Angie Kim, Miracle Creek

“That was the thing about lies: they demanded commitment. Once you lied, you had to stick to your story.”
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