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Min Jin Lee

About the Author

Min Jin Lee is the author of the novels Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award, runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and a New York Times “100 Best Books of the Century.” She serves as the New York State Author Laureate from 2025 through 2027. She is the 2024 recipient of The Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence. Lee has received the Manhae Grand Prize for Literature, the Bucheon Diaspora Literary Award, and the Samsung Happiness for Tomorrow Award for Creativity from South Korea. She is the recipient of fellowships in Fiction from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lee is an inductee of the New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame and the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. She lives in Harlem with her family.

By the Author

American Hagwon
American Hagwon

American Hagwon

by Min Jin Lee

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Free Food for Millionaires
Free Food for Millionaires

Free Food for Millionaires

by Min Jin Lee

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Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

by Min Jin Lee, Read by Sandra Oh, Read by Min Jin Lee

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Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

by Min Jin Lee

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Events

October 2026

  • Litquake at Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, CA)

    In conversation with Andrew Sean Greer 

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  • The Rio Theatre (Santa Cruz, CA)

    In conversation with Aarti Shahani

    Hosted by Bookshop Santa Cruz

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  • Slice of Literary Orange at the La Habra City Hall (Orange County, CA)

    In conversation with Jenn Tanaka

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  • First Congregational Church (Los Angeles, CA)

    In conversation with Lee Isaac Chung and Jamie Chung

    Hosted by Diesel Books & Gyopo

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  • LIVE from NYPL at the Celeste Bartos Forum (New York, NY)

    In conversation with Aidan Flax-Clarke

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