Maija Rhee Devine
Maija Rhee Devine, a Korean-born writer and survivor of the Korean War, published her autobiographical novel/love story, The Voices of Heaven (Seoul Selection USA, Irvine, CA 2013). The novel portrays a couple in love with each other but they invite a mistress into their house to bear them the required son. Their struggles parallel the battles of the Korean War. The link to her TEDx talk of 2/22/14 on The Voices of Heaven and what it reveals about current S. Korean society is: http://youtu.be/GFD-6JFLF5A
"...a realistic sketch of a Korea that few Westerners have seen...A complex, uniquely Korean love story that shouldn't be missed." -- Kirkus Reviews
"a masterpiece of historic fiction” -- Reviewers, The 2014 Chautauqua Institution Book Award
The Voices of Heaven won the following book awards:
1) Winner: 2013 ForeWord Reviews Book of The Year Award: Silver Award: Multicultural; Bronze: Military & War
https://indiefab.forewordreviews.com/winners/2013/multicultural/
https://indiefab.forewordreviews.com/winners/2013/war-and-military/
2) Bronze Medal, 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award, Best Adult Fiction E-Book Category: http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1794
3) Honorable Mention, 2013 Eric Hoffer Book Award for Short Prose & Independent Books, Category Prizes, E-book Fiction:
http://www.hofferaward.com/HAbookwinners.html#.U3EC_OkU_IU
http://www.theusreview.com/USRhoffer.html#efic (Full posting on The US
Review of Books website)
4) Longlisted for the 2014 Chautauqua Institution Book Award (www.ciweb.org) (29 out of 155 submissions)
Also by Maija Rhee Devine:
Long Walks on Short Days,poems about China, Korea, and U.S. (Finishing Line Press, 2013) (on Amazon)
Works in progress: A book of poems and a novel about Korean women who provided sexual services to Japanese soldiers during World War II.
Her readings/presentations place the traditional values depicted in her novel in the context of high-tech Korea of today. When personal author visits are not possible, she Skypes with book clubs.
Her short stories and poems have appeared in journals including The Kenyon Review. Honors include finalist in William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition and nominations for the Pushcart Prize and O. Henry Award.
Contact: www.MaijaRheeDevine.com; POBox 7015, Lee's Summit, MO 64064; maija_devine@hotmail.com
