Paul Yoon

Who is Paul Yoon?

Paul Yoon is an American fiction writer.

Yoon graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1998 and Wesleyan University in 2002. His first book, Once the Shore, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, Minneapolis Star Tribune Best Book of the Year, and a National Public Radio Best Debut of the Year. His work has appeared in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, and he is the recipient of a 5 under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation. He is currently on the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars and lives in Baltimore with the author Laura van den Berg.