Did your parents’ opinion of Interlochen change over the course of that time? You stayed at Interlochen for three years, graduating as a three-year senior. They refused to let me go at first, but I did come as a sophomore. I presented it to my parents as a fait accompli. I put an audition tape together, sent it in, and I got a scholarship. My parents didn't even know about my application I actually forged their signature on the application form. I just started researching performing arts schools because I was really taken with the idea of going to a school like Fame. It was the idea of remaking yourself when you've had a traumatic experience, as all of middle school was for me. So when I was a high school freshman, I really wanted to go somewhere that I could actually do the things that I love.
I'm an only child and had a really hard time in middle school due to not speaking the language and feeling like an outsider. I came to the Baltimore area as a middle schooler. We were able to chat with Kim in the midst of working on her second novel, due out in 2024. It was her own personal experiences as a Korean immigrant and a mom struggling with rare medical diagnoses that led her to creative writing. “I was always an avid reader, but I didn't even start with creative writing until I was in my 40s.” “I gave a masterclass at Interlochen and I was laughing with the creative writing teachers because I never took a creative writing class at Interlochen! I didn’t consider myself a writer,” said Kim. Kim herself was named one of Variety Magazine’s “10 Storytellers to Watch.” It won the ITW Thriller Award, the Strand Critics’ Award, and the Pinckley Prize. It was named a “Best Book of the Year “ by TIME, The Washington Post, Kirkus, and The Today Show, among others. Yet, her 2019 debut novel Miracle Creek rocked the literary world. Interlochen alumna Angie Kim (IAA 1984-87) didn’t set out to be an author. The award-winning author reflects on her own life experiences that shaped her debut novel.
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