Bio

David Yoo’s first collection of essays, The Choke Artist: Confessions of a Chronic Underachiever (Grand Central) was published June 19, 2012.

He is the author of the YA novels Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before (Hyperion), a Chicago Best of the Best selection, and Girls For Breakfast (Delacorte), an NYPL Books For the Teen Age selection and a Reading Rants Top Ten Books for Teens choice, along with a middle grade novel, The Detention Club (Balzer + Bray), published in 2011.

He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and son, where he regularly plays adult soccer and old school video games. He pens a column in Koream Journal, and teaches in the MFA program at Pine Manor College and at the Gotham Writers’ Workshop.

David is available for readings, school visits, and Skype presentations. For more information, fill out inquiry.

Some of David’s recent(ish) school visits include:

  • Barnard College
  • UConn
  • Brown University
  • University of Buffalo
  • Skidmore College
  • Bank Street College
  • Eckerd College
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Northeastern University
  • The Fessendon School
  • Newton North High School
  • The Plympton School
  • Charles E Brown Middle School

Hear David’s interview on WSRQ’s “The Mezz” (around 19 minutes in)

Hear David’s interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More”

For a glimpse into just how outdated David’s musical leanings are, check out this playlist he wrote for Largehearted Boy a few years ago. (David’s playlist for The Choke Artist is now available)

There’s also a new guest post David wrote for Angryasianman as well.