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Krys Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea, raised in California and Washington, and studied in the United States and England. She was a finalist for Best New American Voices, received a special mention in the 2012 Pushcart Prize XXXVI, and her work has appeared in the Kenyon Review, Narrative magazine, Granta (New Voices), California Quarterly, Asia Weekly, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Conde Nast Traveller, UK (forthcoming). She lives in Seoul with intervals in San Francisco.

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This is my first time taking part in a literary blog relay. The quality of the company and the entries before mine have been a pleasure. I'm cheating because the first person point of view terrifies me…Let's see how it goes!

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	Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories 3.71 avg rating — 13,049 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How I Became a North Korean 3.50 avg rating — 1,539 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drifting House 3.64 avg rating — 1,150 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Hear Your Voice: A Korean Literary Novel of Two Orphans Bound by Friendship, Worship, Love, and Betrayal by Young-ha Kim, Krys Lee (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.42 avg rating — 527 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The BBC International Short Story Award 2012 by Lucy Caldwell, M.J. Hyland, Deborah Levy 3.59 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Racconti di due pianeti: Storie di cambiamento climatico e disuguaglianza in un mondo diviso by Andri Snær Magnason (Goodreads Author), Anuradha Roy, Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stranger's Guide South Korea by Krys Lee (Goodreads Author), Tammy Kim, Ann Babe liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“How ludicrous were all attempts at defining the self”
― Krys Lee , Drifting House

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“often think about borders. It’s hard not to. There were the Guatemalans and Mexicans I read about in the paper who died of dehydration while trying to cross into America. Or later, the Syrians fleeing war and flooding into Turkey. Arizona had the nerve to ban books by Latino writers when only a few hundred years ago Arizona was actually Mexico. Or the sheer existence of passports, twentieth-century creations that decide who gets to stay and leave.”
― Krys Lee, How I Became a North Korean

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