An Na
An Na
An Nais a South Korea-born American children's book author. Starting her career as a middle school English and History teacher, Na turned to writing novels after taking a young adult literature class while enrolled in an M.F.A. program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She gained success with her very first novel A Step From Heaven, published by Front Street Press in 2001, which won the annual Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association recognizing the year's "best...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionAuthor
tennis china bigger
China tennis - we're getting bigger and bigger.
bigs
I've played in a lot of big matches and you learn from them.
who-cares care married
I'm married. Who cares about me?
this-life stills
I'm still happy, I like this life.
finals nervous courses
Of course you're nervous going into a final.
fighting trying lasts
I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing.
crowd hole phil pulling replay shook starting
The only hole I'd want to replay is starting on the 15th, ... From there, the crowd pulling for Phil so much, kind of shook me up a little bit.
agents asian roles
The 'ER' role was not Asian-specific, and my agent knew that I loved the show.
chinese proud
I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American.
dream space lovely
Being a sci-fi geek, it was just lovely to be on a show where I pretend I'm in outer space. That's always been my dream: to pretend to be out in space or actually be out in space.
simple names firsts
I'm like Madonna: I'm Ming-Na. Just my first and middle name. That's it. Pure and simple.
fighting excited scene
I'm always excited to do the fight scenes.
mom baby stars
Mom takes all the credit for my success. Now Mom says, 'I read your face when you were a baby, and it said you were going to be a star. That's why I named you Ming - because it's all about the sun and the stars and enlightenment.'
parent chef i-love-food
Both my parents are chefs I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.