POET, PUBLISHER, PETE A quintessential Midwesterner with an insatiable love for adventure and the power of words, Peter N. Liptak is a poet, author, publisher, with a passion for cycling, traveling, teaching, and writing. Unlike most English majors, he actually made use of his degree teaching English to children and adults in South Korea🇰🇷 for 20 years, as a private tutor, preschool teacher, and adjunct professor at Incheon University. Exploring his interests at the University of Minnesota🎓, from the wonders of Astronomy and Anthropology to Philosophy and Poetics, while juggling jobs as a preschool teacher, waiter, dance instructor, and massage therapist. Seeking to share his knowledge and passion with the world, he embarked on a new adventure, traveling to South Korea to teach English to children and adults. As a private tutor, preschool teacher, and adjunct at Incheon University, Peter immersed himself in Korean culture, history, and language, earning a master's degree in Korean History along the way. Inspired by Korea's rich heritage, Peter penned several books, including the award-winning "Letters: Building an Alphabet with Art and Attitude," "Idiom Attack" series of ESL textbooks, and the children's early reader "Teddy LeBear" series . He also translated the scathing graphic novel, "The Great Successor - Kim Jong Un: a Political Cartoon," and authored the controversial book of Korean Slang, "As much as a Rat's Tail." 🚴‍♂️ Avid cyclist 🌎 World traveler 📚 English teacher 🎓 Master's degree holder 📝 Author and copywriter 🎭 Actor and dance instructor 🏆 Award-winning author 📖 Children's book author 🐻 Teddy LeBear series author Peter's simple mantra of "Woo Hoo!" 🥳 embodies his love for life and the joy of experiencing the little things that hold the greatest adventures 🌄. You can follow Peter's adventures and writing at peteliptak.com or petespoetry.com "Woo Hoo!" Awards🏅: 🥈 SILVER Winner for Multicultural (Adult Fiction) for Baek Seok: Poems of the North 2019 🥇 International Book Awards Gold Medal for Letters, Illustration Award & Bronze Medal for The Great Successor 2016 🥈 Benjamin Franklin Awards: Silver Medal for Korean Slang: As much as a Rat’s Tail 2016 🎁 Korea Literature Translation Institute Grant: for the collected works of North Korea poet Baek Seok 2014 🥈 Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards: Silver Honoree for Teddy's Day HD 2013 🥇 Mom's Choice Awards: Gold Medals in Young Adult Poetry and Interactive eBooks for Letters and Teddy’s Day HD 2012 🥈 Mom's Choice Awards: Silver Medals in Children's Picture Books for Teddy’s Day and Teddy’s Camp⛺ 2012 🏆 Midwest Book Awards: First Place in Children's Illustrated ebooks for Teddy's Day 2011 🎓 Underwood Fellowship: Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies 2001 Sites https://peteliptak.com https://exilepress.com https://thewritersink.com https://petespoetry.com https://idiomattack.com https://an-alphabet-apart.com https://www.badasskorean.com https://greatsuccessor.org https://koreanpoets.org Linkedin profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/peternliptak/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PeterNLiptak https://www.facebook.com/teddytracks https://www.facebook.com/AsMuchAsARatSTail https://www.facebook.com/ExilePressLLC https://www.facebook.com/LettersABC https://www.facebook.com/PeterLiptakPoetry https://www.facebook.com/Idiom-Attack https://www.facebook.com/greatsuccessor