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: Mystery, Literary Fiction
Novels
Painter of the Wind (2007)
The Investigation (2014)
The Boy Who Escaped Paradise (2016)
Broken Summer (2022)
The Investigation (2014)
The Boy Who Escaped Paradise (2016)
Broken Summer (2022)
J M Lee recommends
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."
The Old Woman with the Knife (2022)
Gu Byeong-mo
"An unforgettable portrait. More than a thriller, The Old Woman with the Knife is also a tale of a profound observation of aging and decline, love and compassion. The story crawled into my soul and never let me go until the last page."
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