Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was born in Goheung in Jeolla Province. She has written and illustrated the graphic novels Grass, The Waiting, La saison des pluies, Jiseul, Jun, The Naked Tree, and Alexandra Kim, a Woman of Siberia; the autobiographical comic The Song of My Father; the three-volume children’s comic Coquinette; the picture books The Baby Hanyeo Okrang Goes to Dokdo and A Day with My Grandpa; and the children’s book My Mother Kang Geumsun. Grass (Drawn & Quarterly, 2019) appeared on Best of the Year lists from the New York Times and the Guardian, and received the Cartoonist Studio Prize for the Best Print Comic of the Year, the Big Other Book Award for Best Graphic Novel in 2019, the Harvey Award for Best International Book, and the Krause Essay Prize in 2020.

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ALA / YALSA
Nominated for Alex Award for Grass
Ringo Award
Nominated for Best Non-Fiction Comic Work for Grass
Harvey Award
Best International Book for Grass
Harvey Award
Nominated for Book of the Year for Grass
Eisner Award
Nominated for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia for Grass
Eisner Award
Nominated for Best Writer/Artist for Grass
Eisner Award
Nominated for Best Reality-Based Work for Grass
LA Times Book Prize
Nominated for Best Graphic Novel for Grass
Big Other Book Award
Best Graphic Novel for Grass
The Cartoonist Studio Prize
Best Print Comic of the Year for Grass
Believer Book Award
Nominated for Nonfiction Award for Grass
ALA / YALSA
Great Graphic Novel for Teens for Grass
VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award
Best Book for Grass
LA Times Book Prize
Nominated for Best Graphic Novel for The Waiting
Freeman Book Awards
Best Children's & YA Literature on East and South East Asia for The Waiting
ALA / YALSA
Best Graphic Novels for Adults for The Waiting
Cartoonist Studio Prize
Best Print Comic of the Year for The Waiting
Excellence in Graphic Literature Award
Best in Adult Graphic Literature for The Waiting
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