Winner of a Glass Woman Prize, J.A. Pak is the author of Anchored Leaves, Romance of the 3 Djinn, Buy Her A Diamond Before It's Too Late, So Easy To Love, Seal Skin and Act of Creation & Other Stories. Her stories have appeared in a variety of publications, including Atticus Review, Art/Life, Everyday Genius, Identity Theory, Kartika Review, Quarterly West, Split Quarterly, The Smoking Poet, and The Subterranean Journal. Here are some curious facts about J.A. She... ...grew up in the Pacific Northwest. ...has absurdly small feet. ...used to be a card-carrying CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) member — yes, she sometimes enjoys a warm, flat beer. ...loves ice hockey. ...has visited both the old and new Twitter headquarters. ...once lived on a farm in England where rabbits outnumbered people 1,000 to 1.
![]() | Buy Her A Diamond Before It's Too LateChickLit #460Ever since Marta kissed Fen, strange and disturbing things have happened. Lucy, Marta's best friend, thinks it's because she kissed the wrong frog... read more |
![]() | So Easy To LoveChickLit #418Fired from her dream job, broken-hearted Smithie goes back home to recover from the shock. Her new job is as dead-end as they come. But her new boss is something entirely d... read more |
![]() | Romance of the 3 Djinn"Your eyes are so black. So black. As black as the heart of the devil," Esmene's grandmother tells her. All her life, Esmene's had an uncanny feeling of u... read more |
![]() | Seal SkinOne night Lily wakes and finds a woman in her bedroom. The woman is Ula. Waiting for daybreak, she tells Lily the story of how she lost her skin. Love, revenge and redemption--a ... read more |
I just want to thank everyone for showing such wonderful support for Buy Her A Diamond Before It's Too Late!
My blog post about diamond engagement rings and their history is up! http://blog.ja-pak.com/2013/05/18/buy-her-a-diamond-not/
For fans of Buy Her A Diamond Before It's Too Late, an interesting article in the NYT on who came up with the famous line "Diamonds Are Forever": http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/fashion/weddings/how-americans-learned-to-love-diamonds.html?ref=weddings&_r=0
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