Min Jin Lee

About the Author

Min Jin Lee is the author of the novels Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award, runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and a New York Times “100 Best Books of the Century.” She serves as the New York State Author Laureate from 2025 through 2027. She is the 2024 recipient of The Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence. Lee has received 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 recipient of fellowships in Fiction from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lee is an inductee of the New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame and the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. She lives in Harlem with her family.

American Hagwon

by Min Jin Lee

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Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

by Min Jin Lee, Read by Sandra Oh, Read by Min Jin Lee

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Free Food for Millionaires

by Min Jin Lee

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Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

by Min Jin Lee

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Events

September 28, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

Poured Over live at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, NY)

In conversation with Miwa Messer

Hosted by B&N Union Square
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September 29, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

Sidwell Friends Meeting House (Washington, DC)

In conversation with Clint Smith

Hosted by Politics and Prose
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September 30, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

Montclair Literary Festival at First Congressional Church (Montclair, NJ)
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October 1, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

Princeton Public Library “Beyond Words” at Nassau Presbyterian Church (Princeton, NJ)

In conversation with Dr. Eddie S. Glaude
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October 2, 2026 / 12:00AM EDT

Evanston Township High School Auditorium (Chicago, IL)

Hosted by The Book Stall and Family Action Network
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October 3, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

First Parish Church (Portland, ME)

In conversation with Richard Russo

Hosted by Print: A Bookstore & Main Lit Fest
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October 4, 2026 / 7:00PM CDT

Talking Volumes at The O'Shaughnessy Auditorium (St. Catherine University) (St. Paul, MN)

In conversation with Kerri Miller
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October 5, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

Cuyahoga County Library at Sari Feldman Auditorium (Parma, OH)
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October 6, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

The First Parish of Cambridge Meeting House (Cambridge, MA)

In conversation with Ilyon Woo

Hosted by Belmont Books
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October 7, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Auditorium (Miami, FL)

Hosted by Books and Books & Miami Book Fair
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October 8, 2026 / 7:30PM CDT

DMA Arts & Letters Live at First United Methodist Church (Dallas, TX)

In conversation with Bret Anthony Johnston
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October 9, 2026 / 7:30PM PDT

Literary Arts at The Reser (Portland, OR)

In conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson
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October 10, 2026 / 7:30PM PDT

Litquake at Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, CA)

In conversation with Andrew Sean Greer
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October 11, 2026 / 2:00PM PDT

The Rio Theatre (Santa Cruz, CA)

Hosted by Bookshop Santa Cruz
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October 12, 2026 / 6:30PM PDT

Slice of Literary Orange at the La Habra City Hall (Orange County, CA)
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October 13, 2026 / 6:30PM PDT

First Congregational Church (Los Angeles, CA)

In conversation with Lee Isaac Chung

Hosted by Diesel Books & Gyopo
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October 14, 2026 / 7:00PM EDT

LIVE from NYPL at the Celeste Bartos Forum (New York, NY)

In conversation with Aidan Flax-Clarke
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Min Jin Lee

About the Author

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Events

September 2026

Poured Over live at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, NY)

Sidwell Friends Meeting House (Washington, DC)

Montclair Literary Festival at First Congressional Church (Montclair, NJ)

October 2026

Princeton Public Library “Beyond Words” at Nassau Presbyterian Church (Princeton, NJ)

Evanston Township High School Auditorium (Chicago, IL)

First Parish Church (Portland, ME)

Talking Volumes at The O'Shaughnessy Auditorium (St. Catherine University) (St. Paul, MN)

Cuyahoga County Library at Sari Feldman Auditorium (Parma, OH)

The First Parish of Cambridge Meeting House (Cambridge, MA)

Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Auditorium (Miami, FL)

DMA Arts & Letters Live at First United Methodist Church (Dallas, TX)

Literary Arts at The Reser (Portland, OR)

Litquake at Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, CA)

The Rio Theatre (Santa Cruz, CA)

Slice of Literary Orange at the La Habra City Hall (Orange County, CA)

First Congregational Church (Los Angeles, CA)

LIVE from NYPL at the Celeste Bartos Forum (New York, NY)

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Events

September 2026

Poured Over live at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, NY)

Sidwell Friends Meeting House (Washington, DC)

Montclair Literary Festival at First Congressional Church (Montclair, NJ)

October 2026

Princeton Public Library “Beyond Words” at Nassau Presbyterian Church (Princeton, NJ)

Evanston Township High School Auditorium (Chicago, IL)

First Parish Church (Portland, ME)

Talking Volumes at The O'Shaughnessy Auditorium (St. Catherine University) (St. Paul, MN)

Cuyahoga County Library at Sari Feldman Auditorium (Parma, OH)

The First Parish of Cambridge Meeting House (Cambridge, MA)

Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Auditorium (Miami, FL)

DMA Arts & Letters Live at First United Methodist Church (Dallas, TX)

Literary Arts at The Reser (Portland, OR)

Litquake at Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, CA)

The Rio Theatre (Santa Cruz, CA)

Slice of Literary Orange at the La Habra City Hall (Orange County, CA)

First Congregational Church (Los Angeles, CA)

LIVE from NYPL at the Celeste Bartos Forum (New York, NY)