Hyejin Kim is a writer, education consultant and occasional lecturer who currently lives in Singapore. She studied anthropology at university in Korea and received her Master of Arts in China Studies and PhD in Global Affairs in the US. She has written two books in Korean and Jia, her first book for an English-speaking audience, based on true events, is about present-day North Korea. All but closed to outside visitors and influence, North Korea is among the most opaque nations on earth. In her affecting debut, Kim illuminates this troubled country from within. She is also the Korean editor of Global Voices, an award-winning website founded at Harvard University, and, in her spare time, she is a voice actor.