American Hagwon (Signed First Edition)

The breathtaking new epic from the author of the major global bestseller Pachinko

Min Jin Lee is the author of the internationally bestselling novels Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, a runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and selected as one of the New York Times ‘100 Best Books of the Century.’ She is the recipient of many awards, including the Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence 2024, 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 New York State Author Laureate (2025-2027) and an inductee of the New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame and the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. She has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. Lee lives in New York with her family.