Paula Yoo

Paula Yoo is an award-winning author, TV writer/producer, and musician. Her latest YA nonfiction book, RISING FROM THE ASHES: LOS ANGELES, 1992. EDWARD JAE SONG LEE, LATASHA HARLINS, RODNEY KING, AND A CITY ON FIRE (Norton Young Readers 2024) is the winner of the 2025 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY: THE KILLING OF VINCENT CHIN AND THE TRIAL THAT GALVANIZED THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT (Norton 2021) was longlisted for the National Book Award, won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and was a finalist for the YALSA nonfiction award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her books have received multiple starred reviews and selected for “Best Books of the Year” lists including Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book, Booklist, School Library Journal, TIME Magazine, NPR, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, as well as several Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selections. As a Writers Guild of America (WGA) writer, her TV credits range from NBC’s THE WEST WING to The CW’s SUPERGIRL, and she has sold multiple TV pilots and features. As an AFM Local 47 violinist, Paula plays professionally in many orchestras and has toured with bands like Love, Fun and No Doubt. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and three cats.