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Kim Hyun Sook was born in Changwon, South Korea. She became a member of a banned book club in the 1980s while studying English Language and Literature. This is her first book. She has co-written comics for websites including The Nib and Oh Joy Sex Toy, and she translated Lady Rainicorn's dialogue for Adventure Time comics. She now runs a new banned book club in Busan, where she lives with her husband, Ryan, and her cat, Dog Baby. Ryan Estrada is the author of POORCRAFT: WISH YOU WERE HERE, Learn to Read Korean in 15 Minutes, Ryan Made Mistakes, Wish You Were Here, Broken Telephone, Aki Alliance, and many other comics. He started submitting his work to newspapers when he was six years old, and one of those very newspapers finally hired him when he was 16. He has had many adventures around the world since, but the best thing he ever did was marry Kim Hyun Sook.
Highly recommended for readers passionate about activism or political history, or for those who are simply looking for an excellent comic book. - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review From joyous mask dances to bored classrooms to tortuous jail cells, Ko affectingly captures Kim's activist-as-a-young-student journey with an affecting resonance sure to inspire today's youthful generation of tenacious changemakers. - BOOKLIST, Starred Review The messages of hope are universal, as are the poignant reminders that change can happen when people are willing to speak up. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review Combining real-life political intrigue with an appealing cast, Banned Book Club is an exciting, thought-provoking graphic bildungsroman. - FOREWORD REVIEWS A tribute to young people's resistance in the face of oppression. - KIRKUS It's hard to imagine a world where Banned Book Club could be more relevant than it is right now. - A.V. CLUB Banned Book Club's power is in the fact that it's about something that feels like it's on our doorstep. - COMICS BEAT Banned Book Club is the daring memoir that comes once a generation. There is nothing else like this on the bookshelves. - BLACK NERD PROBLEMS
