Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Marie Myung-Ok Lee is the author of two other YA novels: Necessary Roughness and Saying Goodbye , the sequel to Finding My Voice , as well as the middle grade novels If It Hadn't Been for Yoon Jun and Night of the Chupacabras . Her books have won multiple awards, including Friends of American Writers, New York Public Library's Best Books for the Teen Age, and NCTE's Children's Choice. She has been a judge for the National Book Awards, a Fulbright Fellow, and was one of the first Korean...See more

Marie Myung-Ok Lee is the author of two other YA novels: Necessary Roughness and Saying Goodbye , the sequel to Finding My Voice , as well as the middle grade novels If It Hadn't Been for Yoon Jun and Night of the Chupacabras . Her books have won multiple awards, including Friends of American Writers, New York Public Library's Best Books for the Teen Age, and NCTE's Children's Choice. She has been a judge for the National Book Awards, a Fulbright Fellow, and was one of the first Korean American journalists allowed into North Korea. See less