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Welcome!My debut novel, White Mulberry, follows a teenage girl who leaves an impoverished village in northern Korea in the 1930s to seek a better future in Japan. But once there, she faces racial prejudice among many obstacles, as she tries to forge a new identity in an unwelcome new country. This story, and the sequel, Red Seal, are inspired by the true story of my grandmother’s life. My mission is to amplify voices that have been overlooked and spur others to explore and share their own family stories.
“White Mulberry is a beautiful and poignant novel of a young Korean woman’s coming of age amidst the turbulence of colonization and World War II. The resilience and self-determination of her heroine vividly mirrors the astonishing trajectory of her nation.”—Juhea Kim, author of Beasts of a Little Land and City of Night Birds
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Rosa Kwon Easton
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Three Generations – One Family
My paternal grandmother and my father in 1943 during WWII and the Japanese Occupation.
My parents, brothers and me taken in the mid-70’s after we settled into life in California. I think this photo is still on display in my parent’s home.
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Doing podcasts is so fun, especially when you get to chat with your old writing coach and friend @jennienashbookcoach.
Jennie and I met when our children were in elementary school and I won the auction item for her writing class. A few of us met in the back of a card store in Redondo Beach, CA and Jennie asked me to draw a picture of my story. It was a crude sketch of the world with ships, trains, and planes over Korea, Japan, Manchuria, and the U.S. I still have that picture! It’s been a long journey since then as I switched from writing a non-fiction family story to fiction, but I (we) did it!
I used Jennie’s Blueprint framework to brainstorm my book and it worked (fifteen years later)! And small world but Jennie’s former boss at her publishing job after college is now my agent @joelledelbourgo1.
On the podcast, Jennie and I talk about why and how I turned my family memoir into fiction and the twists and turns along the path to publication. Do you have a burning family story you want to tell? Take a listen, wherever you get your podcasts.
Did I really say “How did I sit with this thing for 20 years or 40 years, or whatever? It must have come from somewhere?”
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Don’t miss your chance to win a copy of White Mulberry!
Head to goodreads, search for White Mulberry, and follow the directions to enter to win!
Good luck!📖
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When a writer meets readers, magic sparks. And that’s exactly what happened at my library book launch on Sunday @malagacovelibrary where I met new readers, friends I haven’t seen in forever, and family and friends who are always there no matter what. This is what years of solitude, despair, and elation in writing a novel brings: connection and community.
Thank you again to my conversation partner @velvethschmitz who helped me support scholarship programs @ncl_peninsula through this event, @palosverdeslibrary trustees @jbeutler and staff @jennaddington, beta reader and local history librarian @moniquesugimoto, event extraordinaire Colleen rpvcotter, my treasured treasurer and neighbor @lydiafaithho and her daughter Liz, my bookstore @pagesabookstore, friends who always step up to help @instas2_shar @alicjabis, writer friend and mother of adorable Rene @onadusol, new friends @writing4life21 and @trinagaglianorealtor, and everyone else in the audience! THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!
A shout out to @meehee.hanbok and @nossibojagi for helping me look the part, @teaclassics for the exquisite white mulberry tea, @walteria_flowers for the lovely flowers, @madelinekimm for the cookies, and a big thank you to my amazing publishing and marketing team: @joelledelbourgo1, @amazonpublishing, and @kayepublicity! You are the dream team!
Also thank you to @easyreadernews for publishing a feature on me by the generous @yvonneliuwriter which was displayed at the event, and @palosverdesmagazine for publicizing the launch and featuring me as a local artist earlier this year. The list goes on and on! It takes a village!! Thank you for being in mine!
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So grateful to my community for showing up to my library book launch yesterday! I was overcome with joy seeing friends from all walks of my life—parents from my children’s schools, colleagues and staff @palosverdeslibrary where I am a trustee, my former volunteer organizations @ncl_peninsula, writing groups, book clubs, and more.
This reel is just a snippet and there will be more! Thank you to my amazing conversation partner @velvethschmitz who asked deep, meaningful questions and even brought tears to my eyes! To me, community means working together to share and celebrate what one person can’t do alone. What does community mean to you?
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