Patricia Park is a tenured professor of creative writing at American University, a Fulbright Scholar in Creative Arts, and a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. She is the author of the YA novels, What's Eating Jackie Oh? and Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim, received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal and was an NPR Book of the Day. Patricia’s writing has also appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, Salon, and others.