JUHEA KIM is the author of the international bestseller Beasts of a Little Land, which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, a BBC World Book Club pick, and the winner of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award, Russia's largest annual award in literature. It has been translated around the world and is being adapted for TV. Her second novel, City of Night Birds, was a Reese's Book Club pick. Her short story 'Biodome' has been optioned for film adaptation. A graduate of Princeton University, she is an advocate for wildlife conservation, animal rights, and education and aid in Africa. Born in Korea and raised in Portland, Oregon, Kim now lives in London.