Haemi Balgassi
| Haemi Balgassi | |
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| Born |
1967 Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Korean American |
| Genre | Children's literature, Young adult literature |
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Haemi Balgassi (born 1967) is a Korean American writer. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Western Massachusetts, where she now resides with her husband and their daughters.
Her stories, articles, essays, and poetry have been published in numerous publications, including Cicada,[1] Hopscotch, Liquorian, Complete Woman, romance magazines, and literary journals. Balgassi was one of 45 authors and illustrators featured in Children's Authors and Illustrators Too Good to Miss, a reference book by Sharron L. McElmeel.
Books
Balgassi's chapter book, Peacebound Trains (illustrated by the award winning Chris Soentpiet), was named a Smithsonian (magazine) Notable Children's Book, International Reading Association Notable Book for a Global Society, San Francisco Chronicle Best Children's Book, Society of Illustrators Gold Medalist, National Council for the Social Studies/Children's Book Council Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists. Peacebound Trains was featured on the United States of America Korean War Commemoration site, complete with a Teacher Activity Guide. It is the only book to receive this honor. The book's publisher is Clarion Books, a Houghton Mifflin imprint.
Balgassi's middle-grade novel, Tae's Sonata, is also under the publishing umbrella of Clarion Books. Tae's Sonata was named a National Council for the Social Studies/Children's Book Council Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, an American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists, and nominated for the Maine Student Book Award. The novel won the 2000 Lamplighter Classic Award. In 2006, Hampton-Brown, a branch of National Geographic School Publishing, selected Tae's Sonata for its inZone Books collection.
References
- ↑ Haverstock, Mark. "Mark Haverstock Writer's Page". www.markhaverstock.com. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
External links
- Haemi Balgassi Official Website
- U.S. of America Korean War Commemoration: For Teachers
- PEACEBOUND TRAINS (by Haemi Balgassi, illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet) as featured on the official U.S. of America Korean War Commemoration Site
- Connecting Voices Through Generations
- Cicada magazine
- Hopscotch magazine
- Liguorian magazine
Interviews
- DebbiMichikoFlorence.com: "An Interview with Children's Writer Haemi Balgassi"
- CynthiaLeitichSmith.com: "Interview with Children's and YA Author Haemi Balgassi"
- papertigers.org: "Interview with Korean American Author, Haemi Balgassi"
- Commitment Magazine: "Inspired to Write Stories for Children"
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