SPOTLIGHT:
September 15, 2021
National Book Awards Longlist
The National Book Foundation selected Paula Yoo’s latest narrative non-fiction young adult book about the Vincent Chin civil rights trial for the 2021 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People’s Literature. “Several Longlisted titles contextualize moments in US history and their resonance today. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo is an extensively researched history of an anti-Asian hate crime and its aftermath, including the incitement of the Asian American civil rights movement.” Winners in all categories will be announced live at the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 17.
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Writers’ Room
Screenwriting credits
Olympic Boulevard
(Peacock – in development): Creator, Executive Producer, Writer
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists
(Freeform): Co-Executive Producer
Supergirl
(The CW): Co-Executive Producer
Greenhouse Academy
(Netflix): Co-EP/Co-Creator w/ Giora Chamizer
Defiance
(SyFy): Supervising Producer
Mozart In the Jungle
(Amazon): Supervising Producer
Eureka
(SyFy): Producer
Side Order of Life
(Lifetime): Executive Story Editor
Hidden Palms
(The CW): Story Editor
Beyond the Break
(The N): Staff Writer
Tru Calling
(FOX): Staff Writer
The West Wing
(NBC): Staff Writer
Screen
K-Pop-Themed Drama “Olympic Boulevard” in works at Peacock from Paula Yoo, Kyle Hanagami & Neil Meron. OLYMPIC BOULEVARD is about a disgraced Korean American former K-Pop star who finds his chance at redemption and a possible comeback when he agrees to teach at one of the first K-Pop training schools in America.
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