June Hur (; 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. 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 (2022).
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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The Silence of Bones (2020) The Forest of Stolen Girls (2021) The Red Palace (2022) A Crane Among Wolves (2024) Behind Five Willows (2026)
Awards +WorkYearAwardCategoryResultRef.The Silence of Bones2020Freeman Book AwardYoung Adult / High School Literature2021Edgar Allan Poe AwardBest Young Adult NovelAmy Mathers Teen Book AwardThe Forest of Stolen GirlsFreeman Book AwardYoung Adult / High School Literature2022Edgar Allan Poe AwardBest Young Adult NovelWhite Pine AwardThe Red PalaceJunior Library GuildMystery / AdventureFreeman Book AwardYoung Adult / High School LiteratureThe Globe 1002023Edgar Allan Poe AwardBest Young Adult NovelAmy Mathers Teen Book AwardA Crane Among Wolves2024Freeman Book AwardYoung Adult / High School LiteratureGovernor General's Literary AwardYoung People's Literature – TextGoodreads Choice AwardYoung Adult Fiction2025Edgar Allan Poe AwardBest Young Adult NovelWalter Dean Myers Award
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