Land of Morning Calm Korean Culture Then and Now Tapa dura - 2003

John Stickler is a graduate of Yale University, and spent thirteen years in Korea from 1963 to 1976. During that time, John lived in Seoul reporting news for the CBS radio network. John currently lives in California, after a checkered career in journalism, advertising, public relations and publishing. His latest book Maya and the Turtle: A Korean Fairy Tale, which he worked on together with Soma Han, has won the Morning Calm Medal from Korea.

Soma Han was born in the agricultural southeastern part of the Korean peninsula. She has a BA in literature and a BFA degree from the California College of Arts & Crafts. Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries in Arizona, California, New York, Washington, D.C., Hong Kong and Korea. Soma is also the illustrator of Tigers, Frogs and Rice Cakes: A Book of Korean Proverbs as well as the co-author and illustrator of Maya and the Turtle: A Korean Fairy Tale, which won the Morning Calm Medal from Korea.