Yoojin Grace Wuertz is the author of EVERYTHING BELONGS TO US, which was selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice, longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and included on Kirkus Reviews’ Best Fiction of 2017. She is the author of two picture books, HABBI’S TREASURES (Fall 2026) and SOMI’S STAR DAY (Fall 2027), both from RISE x Penguin Workshop. Her debut young adult novel is forthcoming from Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan) in Spring 2027. Grace’s writing has appeared in Guernica, ArtReview, The Times Literary Supplement, and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Brattleboro Literary Festival.
Grace was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to the United States at age six. She holds a BA in English from Yale University and an MFA in fiction from New York University. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her family.
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