Yongsoo Park is a Korean American writer who has authored the novels ''Boy Genius'' () and ''Las Cucarachas'' (), the essay collection ''The Art of Eating Bitter: A Hausfrau Dad's Journey with Kids'' (), and the memoir ''Rated R Boy: Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens'' ().
Critical reception
Kathleen Alcala, while being interviewed about magical realism for ''Margin'', described ''Boy Genius'' as being among "the most subversive magical realism"., Kathleen Alcala