Samuel Park
Biography
Samuel Park
Samuel Park was an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago. He graduated from Stanford University and the University of Southern California, where he earned his doctorate. He is the author of the novella SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS and the writer-director of a short film of the same name, which was an official selection of numerous domestic and international film festivals. He is also the author of the novels THIS BURNS MY HEART and THE CAREGIVER. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times. Born in Brazil and raised in Los Angeles, he split his time between Chicago and Los Angeles. In April 2017, Samuel Park died of stomach cancer at the age of 41 shortly after finishing THE CAREGIVER.
Samuel Park
