The first win came very quick, and I didn't know what it meant to win a major championship. I was a teenager, I was very young. I didn't know... →
Inbee Park
What I like most: Reading well-written sources that take me to another world for hours at a time - and being able to call that 'work!' Also... →
Linda Sue Park
I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.
All my books take a long time to research. I spend several months researching before I start writing, and in the middle of writing I often have to... →
In my family and among Korean-Americans, there just is no occasion that people would get together without bibimbap. It's something that people... →
Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months for 'Shard,' three... →
The martial arts that I got into was because of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, because of all of the animal styles at the time. It was around about the... →
Ray Park
My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.
Candace Parker
My parents couldn't afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every drama interest I could.... →
Christopher Parker