J. M. Lee's books have sold millions of copies in his native Korea. He is the author of Painter of the Wind, the historical mystery that launched his career and was adapted into a popular and award-winning television series in Korea; The Boy Who Escaped Paradise; The Investigation, nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and among the final six books selected for the Italian literary prize Premio Bancarella; and Broken Summer, an instant bestseller in Korea and currently in production as a television series.
Genres: Science Fiction, Mystery, Literary Fiction
New and upcoming books
Novels
Painter of the Wind (2007)
The Investigation (2014)
The Boy Who Escaped Paradise (2016)
Broken Summer (2022)
Artificial Truth (2025)
The Investigation (2014)
The Boy Who Escaped Paradise (2016)
Broken Summer (2022)
Artificial Truth (2025)
J M Lee recommends
Blowfish (2025)
Jo Kyung-Ran
"A story about death paradoxically inspires the strong vitality of life. With piercing insight on memory and family, lyrical meditation about love and art, Blowfish is a tenacious and delicate work of fiction."
I Went To See My Father (2023)
Kyung-Sook Shin
"Shin threads together a lyrical family drama and the multi-layered spectrum of Korean history in a compelling epic. It is not only a story of love and pain between father and daughter, but of how memories can heal tragic wounds and restore damaged relationships. A powerful, elegant, page-turner."
Walking Practice (2023)
Dolki Min
"Walking Practice is an unforgettable survival story of an alien trying to survive as a human on a hostile planet. This unique and imaginative, weird and delicate sci-fi is a considerate exploration of our social structures: the gender conventions, queerness, and discrimination against the weak. A radical, darkly funny, spine-tingling story, perfect for fans of Matt Haig's The Humans and Michel Faber's Under the Skin."
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