Jiyoung Han was born in Seoul, Korea and grew up in the American Midwest. She has lived and worked in four continents but now calls San Francisco home.

When not writing, she conducts research in climate change and human behavior. Honey in the Wound is her first novel, the advance for which she has donated to the the International Rescue Committee and its programming to combat gender-based violence across the globe.

Han holds a Bachelor’s from the University of Chicago and a Master’s from Harvard University.