Nora Okja Keller

born December 22, 1965, Seoul, Korea

father Robert Cobb, a German computer engineer

mother Tae Im Ku, a jack of all trades

emigrated to the US at age 3

grew up in Hawai'i

University of Hawai'i, BA

University of California Santa Cruz, MA

University of California Santa Cruz, PhD, American Literature

married James Keller, 1990

daughter Tae, born 1994

daughter Sunhi, born 2000

lives in Waipuhu, Hawai'i

Awards: Pushcart Prize, 1995, for "Mother Tongue," from Comfort Woman; American Book Award, 1998, and Cades Award, 1999, both for Comfort Woman.

Comfort Woman, New York : Viking, 1997

Fox girl, New York : Viking, 2002

Yobo : Korean American writing in Hawai'i, edited by Nora Okja Keller, Honolulu, HI : Bamboo Ridge Press, 2003