Carol Roh Spaulding

Carol Roh Spaulding is the pen name of Carol Spaulding-Kruse, an American writer of fiction and non-fiction who teaches at Drake University. She has stated she uses that pen name to blend her Korean and European heritage.

She is the 2022 winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.

Education
Spaulding-Kruse attended California State University, Fresno, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1986 and a Master of Arts in 1988. She then received a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Iowa in 1996.

Awards
In 2022, Waiting for Mr. Kim and Other Stories won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.