An Na
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". An Na (born 1972) is a South Korea-born[1] American children's book author. She gained success with her first novel A Step From Heaven, published by Front Street Press in 2001, which won the annual Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association recognizing the year's "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit".[2] It was also a finalist for the National Book Award, Young People's Literature, and later found its way onto numerous "best book" lists.
Life
Na grew up in San Diego, California,[1] and has a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College.[3][4] Starting her career as a middle school English and History teacher, Na turned to writing novels after taking a young adult literature class while enrolled in an M.F.A. program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Oakland, California and Warren, Vermont, and makes frequent visits to middle schools to talk about her works and encourages young Asian-American students to become artists and harness their creativity.
Influences
Na admires the writing of her first writing teacher, Jacqueline Woodson.
Works
- A Step From Heaven (2001)
- The Fold (2008)
- Akbar : The Great Emperor of India
- Wait For Me (2017)
- The Place Between Breaths (2018)
See also
References
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- Interview with Young Adult Author An Na
External links
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- Biography from the international literature festival berlin
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- 1972 births
- American children's writers
- American writers of Korean descent
- Michael L. Printz Award winners
- Amherst College alumni
- Vermont College of Fine Arts alumni
- Living people
- Date of birth missing (living people)
- People from Washington County, Vermont
- Writers from Oakland, California
- American writers of young adult literature
- American women children's writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- American women writers of young adult literature