Ginger Park is the award-winning co-author of five children's books including My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea and Goodbye, 382 Shin Dang Dong. She is the recipient of the IRA Children's Book Award, the Paterson Prize, the Joan G. Sugarman Award, IRA-CBC Teachers' Choice Award, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and many others. When she's not writing, you can find her having fun at her chocolate shop in Washington, DC.