All About Yoo! (Paula Yoo Bio)
Paula Yoo is a children’s book author and novelist, TV drama screenwriter, and musician. Her debut novel, GOOD ENOUGH, was released February 5, 2008 from HarperCollins. She is also the author of the children’s non-fiction picture book, Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story (illustrated by Dom Lee), published by Lee & Low Books in 2003. It won the Lee & Low 2003 New Voices Award, received starred reviews from BookList and Kirkus Reviews, and was on the 2006 Texas BlueBonnet Masterlist and the IRA 2006 Notable Book list. Her second picture book, Shooting Star: The Anna May Wong Story, about legendary screen star Anna May Wong, was illustrated by Lin Wang and published in July 2009 by Lee & Low Books.
Paula is also a TV writer. She is currently Co-Producer for the Eureka series on The SyFy Channel (formerly The SciFi Channel). Her other TV writing credits include NBC’s The West Wing, FOX’s Tru Calling, The N (Paramount/MTV cable network)’s Beyond the Break, The CW’s Hidden Palms, and LIFETIME’s Side Order of Life. She graduated with a B.A. cum laude in English from Yale University, an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College, where she was the recipient of the prestigious Larry Levis Fellowship in Fiction. Before becoming a full-time author and screenwriter, she was a journalist (staff feature writer/reporter for The Seattle Times, The Detroit News, and PEOPLE Magazine’s Los Angeles bureau).
When not writing, Paula is a professional freelance violinist. Classically trained, Paula studied violin at the Hartt School of Music and Yale University and was concertmaster of the Detroit Civic Symphony Orchestra, principal second of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, and a member of the Santa Monica and Torrance Symphony Orchestras. She has performed numerous classical chamber music recitals throughout the LA area, including concerts with the Los Angeles Chamber Players. Paula also loves playing alternative rock on her Fender electric violin and Celtic fiddle! She has performed, toured, and recorded with a number of national rock acts including No Doubt, Arthur Lee of Love, Spiritualized, The Dilettantes, Dylan Campbell, Kathleen "Bird" York, Anne McCue, Bright Blue Gorilla, The NOW People, Kissing Cousins, Wait Think Fast, Emma Burgess, Buck McCoy, Listing Ship and Random AOK.
Paula's totally awesome brother DAVID YOO is also a writer!
He is the author of the acclaimed YA novel Girls for Breakfast (Delacorte, 2005) and has a new YA novel called Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before (Hyperion 2009).
In fact, David even generously re-designed Paula's GOOD ENOUGH book cover to be so much more beautiful and eye-catching...(NOTE: It's hard to read it below but my brother designed it to say it was written by Paula Yoo, "... the sister of the author of Girls For Breakfast David Yoo." LOL! 
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You can also follow Paula on her Twitter page here:
And her cat OREO has his own Twitter page:
http://twitter.com/Oreothecatyoo
And she's still on Myspace, believe it or not:
http://www.myspace.com/paulayoo
http://www.myspace.com/paulayooviolin
Links
Hello! I will be updating this site often with links, lots and lots of links! Check 'em out! And keep coming back to check for newly added links!
MY MYSPACE PAGES: I do have two myspace pages, one promoting my writing career and the other one promoting my freelance music career. Check 'em out - and if you are on myspace, please be my friend!
http://www.myspace.com/paulayoo
http://www.myspace.com/paulayooviolin
FUSION STORIES
This year's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month begins May 1, 2008, and ten authors are banding together to offer FUSION STORIES (www.fusionstories.com), a menu of delectable next-gen hot-off-the-press novels for middle readers and young adults. FUSION STORIES' critically acclaimed authors so far include Cherry Cheva (Los Angeles, CA), Justina Chen Headley (Seattle, WA), Grace Lin (Boston, MA), An Na (Montpelier, VT), Mitali Perkins (Boston, MA), Janet Wong (Princeton, NJ), Joyce Lee Wong (Los Angeles, CA), Lisa Yee (South Pasadena, CA), David Yoo (Boston, MA), and Paula Yoo (Los Angeles, CA).
Fusion Stories aims to be a helpful resource for parents, educators, young readers, and the media. The entire press kit package is available at FUSION STORIES, www.fusionstories.com. The press kit includes downloads, bios of FUSION STORIES authors, information on their books, and conversations with experts about Asian American literature for young readers.
For more information, review copies, or interview requests with any of the authors, please contact press@fusionstories.com. Below is a list of the authors' links:
CHERRY CHEVA
JUSTINA CHEN HEADLEY
GRACE LIN
AN NA
MITALI PERKINS
JANET WONG
JOYCE LEE WONG
LISA YEE
DAVID YOO
PAULA YOO
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MY COOL PICTURE BOOK AND YOUNG ADULT NOVELIST AUTHOR FRIENDS! (Note: This list is in random order because I consider everyone to be equal! 
Check out my friends' websites and please BUY THEIR BOOKS! THEY ROCK!!!)
JANIE BYNUM
CAROLYN CRIMI
KELLY DIPUCCHIO
APRIL YOUNG FRITZ
HOPE VESTERGAARD
LISA WHEELER
KATIE DAVIS
MICHAEL REISMAN
C. LEIGH PURTILL
SALLY NEMETH
KERRY MADDEN
EILEEN ROSENBLOOM
LISA YEE
CECIL CASTELLLUCCI
ERIN VINCENT
AMY G. KOSS
CAROL TANZMAN
UMA KRISHNASWAMI
MARK WILLIAMS
GREG NERI
VARIAN JOHNSON
CHERRY CHEVA
SONYA SONES
MAUREEN JOHNSON
CRISSA-JEAN CHAPPELL
AURY WALLINGTON
AUTUMN CORNWELL
MELISSA DE LA CRUZ
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MY COOL MUSICIAN FRIENDS AND BANDS THAT I'VE PLAYED WITH!
LOVE WITH ARTHUR LEE
RANDOM AOK
SPIRITUALIZED
THE DILETTANTES
LISTING SHIP
EMMA BURGESS
BABY LEMONADE
BRIGHT BLUE GORILLA
ANNE MCCUE
BIRD YORK
THE NOW PEOPLE
BUCK MCCOY
KISSING COUSINS
WAIT THINK FAST
DILLON CAMPBELL
FLORENCE YOO
CLIFF WAGNER AND THE OLD #7
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TOTALLY HIP AND COOL LIBRARIANS AND TEEN BOOK BLOGGERS!
HARPERTEEN BOOKS
READERGIRLZ
LITTLE WILLOW, BILDUNGSROMAN
SARAH PARK
BOOK CHIC
TEEN BOOK REVIEWER
ALICE POPE, CWIM
The YA YA YA's
LOS GATOS TEEN READS
ABBY THE LIBRARIAN
PINK ARGYLE
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COOL FRIENDS:
FRANCYNE ELLISON, a veteran media consultant and journalist who is now president of One FREE Public Relations: http://www.onefreepublicrelations.com/
INSIGHTFUL POP CULTURE AND SOCIAL ISSUE BLOGS I READ DAILY:
LINDA PARK
ANGRYASIANMAN
STUFF ASIAN PEOPLE LIKE
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(NOTE FROM PAULA: And now, below are some lovely links from Greg, my BFF and creator of paulayoo.com!)
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