Alice Sola Kim

Alice Sola Kim is an American science fiction writer living in Brooklyn, New York. She was the recipient of a 2016 Whiting Award.

Early life and education Kim was raised in Seattle, Washington. She was a member of the 2004 Clarion West Writers Workshop, where she studied under author Kelly Link. Kim received a B.A. from Stanford University in 2006 and an M.F.A. from the Creative Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis in 2011.

Career Her writing has appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Tin House, Lenny Letter, Asimov's Science Fiction, BuzzFeed, Lightspeed Magazine, and Strange Horizons. Kim's works include short stories like “We Love Deena" and "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters.”

In 2018, her horror short story, "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying" was acquired by 2000 Fox and 21 Laps, the producers of the Netflix original series Stranger Things, with Kim executive producing.

Kim teaches speculative fiction in the MFA Writing program at Sarah Lawrence College and the MA Writing program at Johns Hopkins University.

Awards and honors In 2016, Kim was selected as one of ten recipients of the annual Whiting Awards. Kim has received grants and scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Elizabeth George Foundation. Vice described Kim as part of a "Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers."

Kim's story "Beautiful White Bodies" made the "Honor list" for the 2009 James Tiptree Jr. Award. Her story "The Other Graces" made the "Honor list" for the 2011 James Tiptree Jr. Award.