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Starred Review from Booklist for Lines

Much gratitude to the fine folks at Booklist for giving a starred review for Lines! ❤️❤️❤️

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A Second Act for Skin Deep and Deep Roots: Datura Books

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Dream: Paul Giamatti, Shoe Salesman

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Miramax, HBO, Fine Line Features, and Universal Studios. I’m in a shoe store, trying to buy sneakers. (The last time I bought sneakers in a store…I guess Foot Locker, most likely…was maybe thirty years ago, if not longer. And yet here I am.) Nothing fits — my feet are too wide, not to mention the prominent bunion on my right foot (which is unfortunately not…

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Fifth Novel: Lines

October 29, 2024. Book #5. Lines. cover by Jun Cen Publication is still many months away, but you can read it early via LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program: https://www.librarything.com/ner/publisher/1944/Unsolicited-Press This book incorporates paintings by Dina Brodsky! Read all about it.

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Everything Asian in NHPR Reads: May 2024

As the piece below informs, May is indeed Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month — and how lucky am I to have a friend who also happens to be an avid reader at NHPR, New Hampshire Public Radio? Very lucky indeed. Huge thanks to Jim for including my first novel, Everything Asian, to this extremely storied list! To paraphrase Wayne and Garth, I am not worthy! Everything Asian by…

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From the Department of Tortured Poets

Happy Valentine’s Day to all! To celebrate this day filled with roses, chocolates, and overpriced dining out, let me share a bit of poetic history with you. You can choose to receive this “gift” of mine via my Substack or my Medium. 💘

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Roundup of 2023’s Best Books by Korean Americans

Turns out there were a whole bunch of novels and short story collections by Korean American authors last year, quite likely the most ever — and I was one of them! Super cool news — read all about it.

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Best Songs of 2023

Here’s a list of my top songs for this year, in an order that might be surprisingly mixable. These are not necessarily from 2023; I just happened to have heard them in the last twelve months. The Grants, by Lana Del Rey on Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Right Hook, by Corvair on Bound to Be The Loneliest, by Måneskin on Rush! vampire, by Olivia Rodrigo on GUTS Million…

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Shepherd: My 3 Favorite Reads in 2023

Is it too early to do a “best of 2023” list? I don’t think so, not when I’ve been seeing Christmas trees at Costco since September. Drum roll, please! Sung J. Woo’s 3 favorite reads in 2023 And here’s what 883 authors and many readers considered their best of 2023.

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Deep Roots review: "Modern complications in family succession"

Another review for Deep Roots, but this one has quite a few spoilers, so you might not want to read it until you’ve finished the book. 🙂 Thank you, Korean Quarterly, for covering my second Siobhan novel! I should also thank them for using a photo of mine that dates back a decade and change. Nary a single gray hair to be found back in those youthful days…

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Deep Roots, Now in Audiobook!

Available starting today — via Audible, Spotify, and everywhere else as far as I can see. It’s already at my library via Hoopla Digital, even! Click on the video above to listen to the first chapter.

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Skin Deep, Audiobook!

Skin Deep is now available in audiobook! Superbly narrated by Jennifer Sun Bell, I’m super thrilled that the book will now have a wider audience. Jennifer also narrated Deep Roots, which will come out in a couple of weeks. You can listen to the first chapter by clicking on the video above — and you can get the audiobook via: Audible | Spotify | Google Play | B&N You can also listen to it…

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In Largehearted Boy: Sung J. Woo’s playlist for his novel "Deep Roots"

I’m not sure what I like more, having a book out or having the opportunity to create a playlist for it. Many thanks to Largehearted Boy, a.k.a. David Gutowski, for hosting my song list on his beautiful site! Sung J. Woo’s playlist for his novel “Deep Roots”

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Crime Fiction Lover's Review of Deep Roots

I doubt I’ll receive another review as thorough and kind as this one. ❤️ Crime Fiction Lover’s Review of Deep Roots

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Coffee with a Canine: Me and Koda

We’re almost at the end of book release week, and what better way to celebrate that than with Koda (BTW, a whippet does make an appearance in Deep Roots!)? He’s our little whippet, and if you want to know more about him and me, Coffee with a Canine is the place. Thanks for reading, as always.

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Get To Know You ~ Siobhan O’Brien

Siobhan here. I find it hard to believe that somebody wants to know more about me, but this very nice lady Dru Ann asked, so I said why not. But then I saw the number of questions and I was like, Jeez Louise, this is a lot of questions! Luckily, I was in my car, watching a door for the last three hours (third stakeout this week), so I had time to kill, I suppose. And as I kept writing my answers…

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Shepherd: The best mysterious classic novels that take place in a grand manor house

In celebration of Deep Roots, I've composed a list on Shepherd -- "The best mysterious classic novels that take place in a grand manor house." I list five novels -- check it out to see which ones I chose.

In celebration of Deep Roots, I’ve composed a list on Shepherd — The best mysterious classic novels that take place in a grand manor house. I list five novels — check out which ones I chose.