Ilyon Woo is an author.

She has a BA in the Humanities from Yale College and a PhD in English from Columbia University.[1][2]

Her 2023 book Master Slave Husband Wife, a history of the escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery, was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by the New York Times.[3]

Books

  • Master Slave Husband Wife (2023)[4][5]
  • The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ilyon Woo". albany.edu.
  2. ↑ "Ilyon Woo's nonfiction lands on NYT's 10 best books of 2023". The Korea Herald.
  3. ↑ Staff, The New York Times Books (November 28, 2023). "The 10 Best Books of 2023". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ McDaniel, W. Caleb (January 15, 2023). "Fleeing Slavery in a Top Hat and Cravat". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "'Master Slave Husband Wife' details a couple's journey from slavery to freedom". NPR. January 18, 2023.
  6. ↑ "In 'The Great Divorce': A Mover Against The Shakers". NPR. August 14, 2010.


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