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Jimin Han

Biography

Jimin Han

Jimin Han was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island; Dayton, Ohio; and Jamestown, New York. Her work has been supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. She is the author of THE APOLOGY and A SMALL REVOLUTION, and has written for American Public Media's Weekend America, Poets & Writers and Catapult, among others. She teaches at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University and community writing centers. She lives outside New York City with her husband and children.

Jimin Han

Books by Jimin Han

Dreamt I Found You
by Jimin Han - Fiction, Romance

When Dahee Shin was nine years old, she made a promise to protect her favorite cousin, Channing, who has always been like a sister to her. Now, at 30, Dahee has found herself in a Korean American community in a New England beach town, once more running to the rescue of her debt-ridden relative. Ever the idealist, Channing --- who has spent her life haunted by the tragic story of Chunhyang and Mongryong, Korea’s parallel ROMEO & JULIET --- has fallen in love with Minjae Oh, all the while fending off the advances of powerful, manipulative Kent Cho, a local politician. As Channing and Minjae’s romance blossoms, and as Kent's suspicion and obsession grow, Dahee begins to realize that it may be up to her to make sure her cousin and beloved escape Chunhyang and Mongryong’s doomed end.

The Apology
by Jimin Han - Fiction, Magical Realism

In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come. Hak Jeonga has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have known that, decades later, this decision would return to haunt her --- threatening to tear apart her bond with her beloved son, her relationship with her infuriatingly insolent sisters, and the future of the family she has worked so hard to protect?