Janet S. Wong (1962-) Biography - Awards, Honors, Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Work in Progress
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Born 1962, in Los Angeles, CA; Education: University of California—Los Angeles, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1983; Yale University, J.D., 1987.
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Attorney in Los Angeles, CA, 1987-91; writer in Los Angeles and Medina, WA, 1991—. Writer-in-residence, University of Southern California Writing Project, 1995; visiting author, Singapore Society for Reading and Literacy, 1997. Public speaker and performer in Los Angeles and Medina, 1994—. Arbitrator/mediator, Arts Arbitration and Mediation Services, 1989-95.
Hide and Seek, illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, for Harcourt Brace (Orlando, FL), publication expected in 2005.
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Good Luck Gold and Other Poems, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1994. (And illustrator) A Suitcase of Seaweed and Other Poems, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1996. The Rainbow Hand: Poems about Mothers and Children, illustrated by Jennifer Hewitson, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1999. Behind the Wheel: Poems about Driving, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New Yor…
Janet S. Wong is an Asian-American children's poet whose works employ a variety of voices and poetic styles to explore her own heritage. Born in the United States, Wong is the daughter of a Korean-born mother and a Chinese-born father, and all three cultures have found a place in her books. In a review of the 1994 work Good Luck Gold and Other Poems in Voice of Youth Advocates, Anthony Mann…
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