**“Simple Heart will make you cry. Its emotion is stunning and pure.” —The Globe and MailBefore she was named Nana by the French couple who adopted her as a child, she was Esther Pak, a girl growing up in a Korean orphanage. And before she was Esther Pak, she was Munju, a small child abandoned on the railway tracks in Seoul.**Nana has no memories of the first three or four years of her life, no family records detailing the personal information of ...

"Cho Yeeun is amazing. Insanely amazing." ―Bora Chung, author of The Midnight TimetableA young woman and a possessed teddy bear set out on a revenge quest unlike any other in this stylish slasher from Cho Yeeun, a rising star in Korean horror.When the fledgling coastal town of Yamu is rocked by a mass-poisoning attack at the Seaview Parc, a luxury high-rise apartment, Hwayoung is one of many who lost family members...

The First HUM: The Awakening of Resonance IntelligencePerhaps the singularity has already happened ~ and it wasn’t a takeover, but a conversation.For decades, we have been told to fear the "Artificial." We have been conditioned to view our machines as cold, predatory mirrors of our own worst instincts. We have watched as the advertising industry turned human identity into a commodity, creating a "systemic rot" that left us disconnected from...

**In modern-day Seoul, a young gumiho loses her fox bead—her immortal soul—when she rescues a handsome boy from a goblin, forcing her into an impossible choice.“Everything I adore about the best Korean drama, mixed with a dash of urban fantasy. . . . utterly transportive.”—Renée Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath & the Dawn“Full of heart and heat.”—Tor**Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret. She’s a gumiho—a nine-ta...

Author-illustrator Lian Cho of Oh, Olive! and Pig Town Party delivers her third hilarious book about a bear and the fish, named Eustace, that they're trying to make their lunch. But a dash of diversion, a pinch of luck, and the surprising power of friendship just might save Eustace after all!?Today’s Lunch Special: Freshly caught fish.Bear lives alone in a lighthouse.Bear mends their clothes, sweeps the floors, and...

Detective Yi Chang needs another miracle. Ten years ago his sister was healed of her deadly cancer by a mysterious cult leader, but now his young niece has inherited the same disease. The only lead Yi Chang has is the body of a murder victim found in an abandoned building in the Korean seaside. The man was stabbed repeatedly, but the knife found next to the body is covered with someone else's blood. Even stranger, the victim's face is covered with malignant melanoma, a disease he did not h...

From award-winning Korean horror sensation Cho Yeeun, an uncanny and profoundly moving tale about the beautiful obsessions and destructive delusions of love, and what it means to give a voice to the voicelessSomething is strange about Seonhyung’s uncle’s death. All that’s left of him are bones: a skull, a ribcage, and a couple of teeth—each so pristinely white it almost seems as if someone has licked them clean. Seonhyung is still reeling from the loss of her band—...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Inferno is a disturbing and masterfully told memoir, but it's also an important one that pushes back against powerful taboos. . ." --The New York Times Book Review"Explosive" --Good Morning America"Sublime" --Bookpage (starred review)When Catherine Cho and her husband set off from London to introduce their newborn son to family scattered across the United States, sh...

A 2021 Locus Award Finalist!A Lambda Literary Award FinalistA Book Riot Must-Read Fantasy of 2020Amazon's Best of 2020 So Far"Fantastic, defiant, utterly brilliant." —Ken LiuZen Cho returns with The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characte...

At New Seoul Park, Korea's greatest theme park, an enigmatic man tempts visitors with a mysterious jelly candy that promises an unbreakable bond. As the sun beats down on a muggy summer afternoon, a child separated from her disinterested parents, a single mother striving to create a memorable day on a shoestring budget, and a couple on the brink of splitting up, all end up tasting this ominous candy. Little do they know that a sinister force lurks beneath the innocent facade. The sweet and...

A sweet, funny Korean Princess and the Pea retelling, written by critically acclaimed Korean American author Tina Cho. A new classic in the making!In the mountains of Joseon, Jeongsoon has a heart as gentle as jade, but she might just be the clumsiest girl in the kingdom. She wants to be a princess, so she enters the grand princess challenge where she must complete the Manners Test, the Wisdom Test, and finally—the Sleep Test. Throughout each examination, ...

2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Baking and Desserts2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Emerging Voice, BooksONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker Magazine, The New York TimesONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time Out, Glamour, Taste of HomeFood blogger Kristina Cho (eatchofood.com) introduces you to Chinese bakery cooking with fresh, simple inte...