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National Book Foundation > Author > Patricia McCormick
Patricia McCormick is the author of two other novels, Cut (2000) and My Brother’s Keeper(2005). To research Sold, she traveled to India and Nepal, where she interviewed the women of Calcutta’s red-light district and girls who have been rescued from the sex trade. She recently received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. Ms. McCormick lives in New York City. More about this author >
Told in poetic vignettes, this novel exposes the plight of a 13-year-old Nepali girl sold into sexual slavery. More about this book >
Based on the true story of Arn Chorn-Pond, this is an achingly raw and powerful novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace. More about this book >
Patricia McCormick is the author of two other novels, Cut (2000) and My Brother’s Keeper(2005). To research Sold, she traveled to India and Nepal, where she interviewed the women of Calcutta’s red-light district and girls who have been rescued from the sex trade. She recently received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. Ms. McCormick lives in New York City.