June Hur
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March 14, 1989
June Hur | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hur Joo-eun March 14, 1989 South Korea |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Notable work | The Red Palace |
| Website | junehur |
June Hur (Korean: 허주은; born March 14, 1989) is a Korean-Canadian author who is best known for her historical young adult novels set during Korea's Joseon period.[1] Her first novel, The Silence of Bones, was published by Feiwel & Friends in April 2020.[2]
Her novels have been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel four times, winning once, for The Red Palace (2022).[3][4][5]
Hur was born in South Korea and moved to the United States and later Canada at age three.[6] She later returned to South Korea for high school.[7] She is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where she studied History and Literature,[8] and currently resides in Toronto with her husband and children. She is Christian.[1][9][10]
