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Linda Sue Park, born in 1960 in Urbana, Illinois, is a celebrated author known for her profound contributions to children's literature. As a daughter of Korean immigrants, her experiences have shaped her storytelling, which often weaves themes of identity and resilience. Park gained widespread acclaim with her award-winning novel *A Single Shard*, which won the Newbery Medal in 2002. Through her works, she inspires young readers to embrace their own stories, leaving a lasting legacy that champions diversity and cultural understanding in literature.
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"With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that it is the least understood war in the American cultural imagination. So I set out with the idea that Americans didn't know much about the Korean War and that I was going to try to fix a tiny bit of that."
Linda Sue Park