A Gift of the Emperor (1997), her first novel, concerns a Korean schoolgirl, Soon-Ah, who is forced into military prostitution by the Japanese government during World War II.
[2][3][4] Park's second novel When a Rooster Crows at Night: A Child's Experience of the Korean War was published in 2004 (ISBN 0-595-30876-7).
Her columns and articles have been published since 1984 in such publications as The Kansas City Star, The Sun Publication, The Best times, and Our Family (Canada), The Graybeard, the National Korean War Veterans Magazine in Washington D.C., The Beat Magazine and Korea Bridge South Korea.
She graduated Seoul National University-School of music in 1963 with a Bachelor of Music degree and Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with a Master of Cello Performance degree.
(She studied with legendary Andre′ Navarra) In 2006, she wrote "Midwest Voices" columns for The Kansas City Star-Opinion Page, and since January 2009, she has been writing columns for the Star-Johnson County Neighborhood News.