Yoon Choi is an American writer and author of Skinship, a 2021 short story collection published by Alfred A. Knopf that won several accolades and made several end-of-year lists.
Choi grew up in Long Island, New York and attended the Manhattan School of Music.
There, she encountered writers like Stephen Dixon, who was her advisor, Alice McDermott, and Jean McGarry.
[3][4] In 2021, she published Skinship, her debut short story collection, which was selected by Ling Ma, Manuel Muñoz, and Oscar Villalon for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2022.
In addition to several other accolades and mentions, it was also considered a best book of the year by several publications including Kirkus Reviews and NPR.