David Yoo

David Yoo is a graduate from Skidmore College with an MA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He lives in Massachusetts, and teaches fiction workshops at the Gotham Writers' Workshop.

Hobbies/Preferences

Activities
soccer, tennis, crockpot cooking, napping in the afternoon and waking up extremely angry, backgammon, ageist, windmill on 9 foot rim, okay 8 foot, dubu jigae, repo man in spirit, cat friendly, self-saboteur, Galaga, Boris pics, straight pool, TMJ, etc…

Books
Endless Love. Revolutionary Road. Mildred Pierce. Goodbye, Columbus. Portnoy’s Complaint. The Last Picture Show. Laughter In The Dark. The Barnum Museum. Rosemary's Baby. Bad Haircut. Darkness Moves. Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven. Gingerbread. Then Again Maybe I Won't. Candide. Motel Chronicles. The Girl Who Owned a City. Slaughterhouse Five. We Think The World of You. Success. Blind Jozef Pronek... The Big Sleep. Krazy Kat. My Darling, My Hamburger. The Cat. City of Boys. We're All In This Together. Wide Sargasso Sea. DOTIP. The Easter Parade.. James and the Giant Peach. As She Climbed Across the Table. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Coast of Chicago. Jesus' Son. Funny Little Monkey. The Long Walk. Through the Safety Net. Sanctuary. Motherless Brooklyn. Ball Don't Lie. Death Puppet. Kiss Me, Judas. South of the Border, West of the Sun. We're All in This Together. Josie and Jack. The Enormous Egg. Catcher in the Rye. Franny and Zooey. Angry Candy. The Short Stories of Lucia Berlin (So Long, Phantom Pain, Where I Live Now, Angel's Laundromat, Homesick)

Music
Black Sea. English Settlement. Skylarking. Crocodiles. Doolittle. 1/3 of Bossanova. Zenyatta Mondatta. Short Sharp Shocked. Love Bites. October. Murmur. Sticky Fingers. Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week! Fun. Mujer. Children of the Bear. By All Means Necessary. Big Plans For Everybody. Goo. Appetite for Destruction. Exile in Guyville. Follow the Leader. Give em Enough Rope. Armed Forces. What Is Beat? Electric. Positively. The Predator. Badmotorfinger. What Is Shocking? Exile in Guyville. Rubber Soul. The Bends. Meat Is Murder. Midnight Marauders. Especially For You. Criminal Minded. Spooky. Rubberneck. Look Sharp. Cypress. Purple Rain. The Crossing. Fair Warning. Third/Sister Lovers. Give It Up. Double Nickels on the Dime. Teenager of the Year. Squeezing Out Sparks.

Movies
Five Easy Pieces. Electric Dreams. Watership Down. Sharkey's Machine. The Best Years of Our Lives. The Warriors. The Exorcist. The Hustler. Heathers. Election. Victory. 7 Up. Chinatown. Unforgiven. Breaking Away. Rosemary's Baby. Mad Max. Jaws. Repo Man. Do the Right Thing. Battle Royal. Mildred Pierce. DOTD. Rear Window. That Darn Cat. Some Like It Hot. Deep Cover. Just One of the Guys. Straw Dogs. 12 Angry Men. Heavenly Creatures. The China Syndrome. KB1/2. Educating Rita. An American Werewolf in London. I'm the One That I Want. Dig!. Re-Animator. Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Sweet and Lowdown. Gallipoli. Short Cuts. The Graduate. Disorderlies. Goodfellas.  Stand By Me. Fargo. Kicking and Screaming. Network. Carnal Knowledge. You Can Count On Me. Gimme Shelter.

 

 

 

 

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Here's a link to David's blog, which features random
updates, links, and further info about the novel...
www.xanga.com/davidyoo

Read an author essay by David in the "Author
Spotlight" section at: www.randomhouse.com/kids

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