born 1970 Pusan, Korea
immigrated to the United States 1974
University of Maryland, BA in English, 1992; MFA in Creative Writing, 1996
Diane Cleaver Fellow at Ledig House, a New York writers' colony
lives in Potomac, Maryland
A Cab Called Reliable, 1997, St. Martin's Press, her first novel, won the 1997 Towson University Prize for Literature
Patti Kim - A Cab Called Reliable reviewed
Patti Kim at Holtzbrinck Academic
Patti Kim at Great Worm Express
Patti Kim at Broken Pencil Review
Patti Kim - A Cab Called Reliable reviewed by Francis Hwang
"Acclaimed New Author Patti Kim Named Outstanding Young Alumnus"