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Linda Sue Park

Linda Sue Park is an American- in 1960. Just 10 years before that, she has also made many
Korean author who was the her parents had migrated to the contributions to the society by
daughter of Eung Won Ed, Susie US from Korea for education and raising awareness of the Sudanese
Kim. When she was small, she job opportunities. She has one water situation by publishing a
liked poetry and writing and at the brother and one sister, currently book related to the topic. Not
age of 4, she started writing poems. she is married and has two children only that, she has also helped
She has written 6 kid’s novels and and 2 grandchildren. Linda Sue many Sudanese people such as a
5 picture books. Not only this, she Park has an excellent educational boy called “Salva” by making his
has also made some poem books background because she studied escape story world widely known
as well. She published her first in one of the top universities in and raising funds. Because of her

book the seesaw girl in 1999 the world. Along with writing and motivation many people have
which earned no reward. Her poetry, she has interest in movies, started raising awareness and
most famous book was “A Long knitting, travel and many others. funds for Sudan.
Walk to Water” which won
the 2011 Jane Addams award. Linda Sue Park is the owner of Overall, Linda is a very good

Her fame exploded after the Adilla books and the imprint author and a poet, thus she should
book “A Single Shard” won the of HarperCollins Publications. also be widely known by the
prestigious Newberry award. Along with these achievements, people.
She was born in Urbania, Illinois by Shaambhav Bhattarai

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