June Hur

June Hur is a Korean-Canadian author who is best known for her historical young adult novels set during Korea's Joseon period. Her first novel, The Silence of Bones, was published by Feiwel & Friends in April 2020.
Her novels have been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel four times, winning once, for The Red Palace.

Personal life

Hur was born in South Korea and moved to the United States and later Canada at age three. She later returned to South Korea for high school. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where she studied History and Literature, and currently resides in Toronto with her husband and children. She is Christian.

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