Congratulations R. O. Kwon, a 2025-26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow!
R. O. Kwon is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Exhibit, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Kwon’s bestselling first novel, The Incendiaries, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award and the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Prize. Kwon coedited the bestselling Kink, a New York Times Notable Book. Her books have been translated into seven languages and named a best book of the year by over forty publications. Other writing has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere. At the Library, Kwon will work on her third novel, which is about a Korean American woman who plans a heist of historically significant art.
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