Catherine Chung is an American writer whose first novel, Forgotten Country, received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award,[1] and was an Indie Next Pick,[2] in addition to being chosen for several best of lists including Booklist's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012,[3] and the San Francisco Chronicle's and Bookpage's Best Books of 2012.[4][5][6] She received a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing,[7] and was recognized in 2010 by Granta magazine as one of its "New Voices" of the year.[8] Her second book The Tenth Muse[9] was released to critical acclaim,[10] and was a 2019 Finalist for a National Jewish Book Award.[11] In 2015 Buzzfeed named her one of 32 Essential Asian American Writers.[12]
Chung's critically acclaimed debut novel, Forgotten Country, was published in 2012 by Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin Press.[5] Her second novel, The Tenth Muse was published in 2019 by Ecco, a division of Harper Collins.[13] She has also published short stories and essays in The New York Times,[14]The Rumpus,[15] and Granta,[16] and was the recipient of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize in Poetry.[17]
