About Author Sook Nyul Choi

Sook Nyul Choi/ She is Korean American storybook's author. She wrote many different Korean American storybooks. I thought she was from South Korea, but she was born in Pyongyang,  North Korea and she came to South Korea during Korean war. She was born  in 1937. After she came to South Korea, she wanted to study more about students' education. She tried hard and finally in 1962 she became a school teacher in Manhattanville College in New York. As well as she came to America she also teach many students, but she wanted to write her own books. She started to write many experience for her books. Her books were all write by English and include with America, but many people could feel traditional Korean stories, because Korea was very poor and had many big worst problem by many countries. She also include this happened in her books, so most of people felt sad about this happened.