Yongsoo Park
Yongsoo Park is the author of the novels, Boy Genius,and Las Cucarachas, the essay collection The Art of Eating Bitter : A Hausfrau Dad's Journey With Kids. and the memoir Rated R Boy : Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens. He is a Korean American urban surrealist. His books Boy Genius, Las Cucarachas, and Rated R Boy are all set loosely in Elmhurst, an immigrant enclave in the New York City borough of Queens, and form "The Elmhurst Trilogy."Awards and Honors
Notable Title Selection for Kiriyama Prize for Boy Genius;
Asian American Literary Award Finalist for Boy Genius" and "Las Cucarachas;
Van Lier Fellow from Asian American Writers WorkshopCritical reception
, while being interviewed about Magical Realism for Margin, described Boy Genius as being among "the most subversive magical realism"
