Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. She is the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the International Booker Prize, Human Acts, The White Book, and Greek Lessons. In 2024, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Born and raised in Korea, translator Maya West has an MFA in prose from the University of Michigan and operates an independent project space in Seoul called SALT.

e. yaewon is based in Korea and translates from and into Korean, including titles by Hwang Jungeun, Jessica Au, and Maggie Nelson.

Paige Aniyah Morris divides her time between the United States and Korea. Recent translations include works by Pak Kyongni, Ji-min Lee, and Chang Kang-myoung.

"A love letter to language . . . The experience of reading a Han Kang novel can be likened to that of a detective newly arrived on the scene of a poorly covered up crime: laden with clues, grisly, and laced with a complex motive to be teased out. She rewards those willing to follow her trail of ciphers tremendously. Light and Thread no exception."--Literary Hub

Publisher: Hogarth Press

Pub date: 2026-03-24

Length: 176 pages