January 2027, Bloomsbury, 336 pp
Cemetery Boys meets K-Pop Demon Hunters in this contemporary fantasy about a lost spirit, a reaper, a shaman, and the one girl who can save them all.
LA is full of ghosts. No one knows this better than the mudangs of Taeyang Bathhouse.
Sujin comes from a long line of shamans who guide ghosts to the underworld. But because of her rare ability to see the past lives of any spirit she touches–an unpredictable power that once sent her into a coma–her family forbids her from beginning her training, even though the spirits could be the key to finding her missing father.
Also haunted by the ghosts of her past is Rami. When Rami was hired by Sujin’s family to find wayward spirits, no questions asked, she knew better than to ask any in return. It’d be the perfect arrangement if it wasn’t for Seon, an annoying reaper who constantly crashes her hunts.
When Daniel, a teen ghost, wanders into the bathhouse and Sujin realizes he isn’t truly dead, she steps in to help him. With one touch, she’s launched into his memories–including one of her father. And when Rami and Seon discover spirits across the city are disappearing, their investigation may just lead them to the very ghost Sujin is trying to help.
Devastating secrets unravel alongside the mystery, and if the four of them aren’t careful, they may risk being lost to the underworld themselves.
STARRED REVIEWS
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL – “A lightly romantic, deeply mysterious, and immersive Korean underworld fantasy sure to be a favorite among the K-Pop set.”
NOTE: A sequel is planned for 2028.
April 2026, Nancy Paulsen/Penguin Random House, 384 pp
New Romantic Fantasy from the best-selling author of Wicked Fox and Once Upon a K-Prom.
Seventeen-year-old junior class vice president Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out. With plans to become a doctor like both her parents, Grace has her sights set on Boston University’s intensive science summer program–which will put her on the fast track to medical school.
When she’s not at school or studying, Grace writes and illustrates her webcomic, Sun God, inspired by the Korean myth of Haemosu about two teenage gods trapped in human form who are cursed to live in the modern world, and perhaps worst of all, to attend public high school. She started the comic as a way to honor her grandmother who used to tell her all the old myths before she died. Grace never expected the comic to go viral, but it has, and she’s still spinning from the excitement of having thousands of readers. But somehow the power of all those readers has conjured the real Haemosu and now it’s up to Grace to get him back to his own realm.
As Grace and Hae try to figure out a way for Hae to return home, the two become close. Hae challenges everything Grace has ever believed about herself, even making her braver in the face of her near-crippling anxiety.
But Hae isn’t the only god to find themselves suddenly trapped in the mortal realm and now a battle is on the horizon. Grace and Hae fight side by side, but in the end, will their burgeoning love keep them together or tear them apart?
STARRED REVIEWS
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY – “Human issues of racial microaggressions, grief, and anxiety take center stage amid godly conflicts, making for a fresh and richly layered K-drama-esque romantasy.”
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
| German | Cross Cult Entertainment GmbH |
August 2020, Putnam/Penguin, 416 pp
ACCOLADES
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
| Bulgarian | Peppermill Books |
| Hungarian | Konyvmolykepzo Kiado |
| Russian | Exem Licence Ltd. |
DRAMATIC RIGHTS
Please contact Jiah Shin at CAA.
NOTE: Audio exploited by Publisher.
June 2019, Putnam/Penguin, 448 pp
ACCOLADES
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
| Bulgarian | Peppermill Books Ltd |
| Hungarian | Konyvmolykepzo Kiado |
| Russian | EKSMO/EXEM Publishers |
| Spanish | Ediciones Urano |
DRAMATIC RIGHTS
Pleace contact Jiah Shin at CAA.
NOTE: Audio exploited by Publisher.