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
deserve
No one deserves anything from you. No one deserves your trust or your love—they have to earn it.
focus quality improvement
A massive amount of quantity with a deliberate focus on improvement leads to the knowledge and experience of how to make quality.
people trying identity
Try becoming a person people want to be with rather than conforming yourself to the false identity of what you conceive their ideal to be.
halos hats
Hats are like a halo of happiness,
cutting half careful
Careful, love. Prices aren't the only things I can cut in half!
best-friend nice good-friend
I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around.
winning
I never thought I could win the French Open.
winning world ifs
Nobody says if you hit No. 2 in the world you have to win all your matches.
dream country achievement
What I've accomplished for myself is beyond my wildest dreams. What I accomplished for my country is one of my most proud achievements.
writing masturbation
Writing is like a mental masturbation to me.
mean winning wimbledon
Just because you win the French Open it doesn't mean you can do well at # Wimbledon .
winning age slam
Age is nothing, can still win the Grand Slam, pretty happy about my age, more experience.
tennis china bigger
China tennis - we're getting bigger and bigger.
pain body four
After four knee surgeries and hundreds of shots injected into my knee weekly to alleviate swelling and pain, my body is begging me to stop the pounding.