Watch The Reader’s Digest Escalator Interview with Author Mary H.K. Choi

Watch The Reader’s Digest Escalator Interview with Author Mary H.K. Choi

Mary H.K. Choi has never been particularly interested in having her books fit neatly into a category. After becoming a beloved voice in young adult fiction with bestselling novels like Emergency Contact, Permanent Record and Yolk, she’s making the leap into adult fiction with Pool House—though, as she puts it, “I don’t really strive for or aim toward taxonomy. I don’t worry about what shelf the book is going to live on. I just write the book tha…

Mary H.K. Choi Has a New Novel, and the Best Advice for How Men Should Dress

The writer goes long on her new book, ‘Pool House;’ her autism diagnosis; and why only cargo-pant people should wear cargo pants: “It’s just a feeling, like how cats know who’s allergic to them and who’s dying of cancer.”

'It Hurts My Feelings That I Am a Person': Mary H.K. Choi Confronts Her Own Loneliness With 'Pool House'

The author’s “challenging” adult debut novel captures Choi’s own complicated feelings around loneliness, family, and performance.