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June 6, 2023
Rising From the Ashes
BOOK COVER REVEAL
June 6, 2023 is 현충일, Korean Memorial Day. “I cannot think of a more fitting moment for the debut book cover reveal of my latest YA nonfiction book, ‘RISING FROM THE ASHES: LOS ANGELES 1992. EDWARD JAE SONG LEE, LATASHA HARLINS, RODNEY KING & A CITY ON FIRE’”, says author Paula Yoo. The Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of the burning mall in Koreatown on the cover was taken on May 1, 1992 by photographer Hyungwon Kang. Yoo’s book features more than 100 personal interviews with community members, storeowners, journalists, police officers, firefighters, activists and other community members, including Eddie, Tasha and Glen’s families. “It was an honor to tell their stories,” says Yoo. From the Publisher: “Paula Yoo’s latest is a compelling, nuanced account of Los Angeles’s 1992 uprising and its impact on its Korean and Black American communities.”
BOOK PUBLICATION DATE: APRIL 2, 2024
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(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
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May 1, 2023: It’s PENCILS DOWN for Yoo and members of the Writers Guild of America as we go on strike for a fair contract with the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers). Stay tuned for my next TV/film development news AFTER our strike wraps! #WGAStrong #IStandWithTheWGA
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