to Literature, by Houghton Mifflin Lecture Reading, My Time to Shine, Siego Yo, Siego Yo!, by Scott Foresman Yellow Light, edited by Amy Ling Themes in Reading: a Multicultural Connection, Volume 1, by Jamestown Publishing, a resource for teachers Asia Pacific Reader, by Madeline Mattarozzi Laming, Oxford University Press Asian American Authors, by Kathi Ishizuka Encuentros Maravillosos, Serie de Español para La Escuela Elemental, Pearson Educación Personal life Choi was born in Pyongyang, now part of North Korea. During the Korean War, she fled to South Korea. She emigrated to the United States to pursue higher education, earning her B.A. from Manhattanville College in 1962 and becoming a school teacher in New York. She later moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she began working as a writer, lecturer, and creative writing teacher. She is the widow of Nung Ho Choi, with whom she had two daughters. The older daughter, Kathleen Choi, was a child actress on Sesame Street and Romper Room, and in 1993 went on to marry John J. H. Kim of Fort Lee, New Jersey, the great-grandson of Korean prime minister Kim Hong-jip. The younger daughter Audrey Choi was formerly chief-of-staff of the Council of Economic Advisers, and married Robert C. Orr, an aide to Richard Holbrooke, in 2000. Choi was also featured in Audrey's 2016 TED Talk titled, How to Make a Profit While Making a Difference. Books Year of the Impossible Goodbyes. New York: Dell, 1991, Echoes of the White Giraffe, Houghton Mifflin, 1993 Halmoni and the Picnic, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 1993 Gathering of Pearls, Houghton Mifflin, 1994 The Best Older Sister, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1997 Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip, Houghton Mifflin, 1997, Awards References External links Papertigers.org - Interview with author Sook Nyul Choi Harvard Family Research Project - Interview with Sook Nyul Choi Author website Learning about Sook Nyul Choi How to Make a Profit While Making a Difference Ted talk by Audrey Choi 1937 births Living people American writers of Korean descent Manhattanville College alumni People from Pyongyang South Korean emigrants to the United States American children's writers American novelists of Asian descent 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers American women children's writers American women novelists 21st-century American women