Nami Mun

Nami Mun is a Korean American novelist and short story writer.^[1]

Life

She grew up in The Bronx. She graduated from University of California, Berkeley, and from the University of Michigan, with an MFA.^[2]

Her stories have been published in Granta, Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Iowa Review, Evergreen Review, Witness, Bat City Review, and Tin House.^[3]

Awards

• 2012 Chicago Public Library 21st Century Award
• 2009 Orange Prize finalist
• 2009 Whiting Award

Works

Books

• Miles From Nowhere. Penguin Group. 2009. ISBN 978-1-59448-854-2.

Short Stories

• "The Anniversary". Granta (114: Aliens). Spring 2011. (Subscription Required)

References

1. http://milesfromnowherethenovel.wordpress.com/bio/
2. https://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/news/newsDetail.asp?ID=133
3. http://www.tinhouse.com/mag/back_issues/archive/issues/issue_22/toc.html

External links

• Profile at The Whiting Foundation
• "Miles from Nowhere website"
• "Interview: Nami Mun", Chicagoist
• "Interview: novelist Nami Mun", San Francisco metblogs
• "Nami Mun revisits being homeless", Minnesota Public Radio, Euan Kerr, January 15, 2009