Katherine Min

Katherine Min was born in Champagne, Illinois, and grew up near Albany, NY. An incorrigible liar as a child, she made the logical transition to fiction writing. Her novel, SECONDHAND WORLD, was published by Alfred A. Knopf, in 2006. She was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Bingham Award for "an exceptionally talented writer whose debut work represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise."

Min currently teaches at the University of North Carolina in Asheville. She is working on her second novel, THE FETISHIST, about Asian fetishism in the world of classical music.