The NCBLA Board of Directors

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Linda Sue Park

Linda Sue Park is the author of A Single Shard, which was awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal by the American Library Association in 2002, for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. She has written several other books for young people, including the Jane Addams Peace Prize honor book, When My Name Was Keoko, and the Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literature award title, Project Mulberry.

Her most recent books are Tap Dancing On The Roof, a collection of poetry, and Click, a collaborative novel.

In spring 2008, her newest novel Keeping Score will be published.

The daughter of immigrant parents, Ms. Park draws on her Korean ancestry for much of her work. A childhood love of the public library has led her to consider herself a reader first and a writer second. Ms. Park now lives with her family in Rochester, New York. Her website is www.lindasuepark.com, and you can read her blog at http://lsparkreader.livejournal.com.