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Kat Cho
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NYT & international best-selling chaos machine

📚 GUMIHO series | ONCE UPON A K-PROM | WISH UPON A K-STAR
🔜 GODS & COMICS (PRH, April 21, 2026)
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My mayor
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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As always, be safe and know your rights #nokingsday
Know your protest rights 1. you don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. 2. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police. 3. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries. 4. If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away. 5. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present. 6. If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you'll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney-- no matter your citizenship or immigration status
October 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Thanks for the memories #NYCC2025
Had an amazing time on our panel (organized by the amazing @literaryhypewoman.bsky.social )
Thanks to all the readers who came to the signing to say hi!
And had a wonderful time seeing friends & doing comfy cosplay & shopping for all the things!! #NYCC
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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RM says "Read Banned Books!"
Not surprised Kim Namjoon supports Banned Books Week.
This is why Namjoon is worth stanning. He uses his platform to support causes that matter! bannedbooksweek.org
#bannedbooksweek #namjoon #KimNamjoon #CensorshipIsSo1984
RM from BTS wearing a "Read Banned Books" hat RM from BTS wearing a "Read Banned Books" hat Censorship is so 1984 Read for your rights Banned Books Week Oct. 5-11, 2025 Bannedbooksweek.org @bannedbooksweek #bannedbooksweek #censorshipisso1984
October 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Wow! Never thought I'd see WICKED FOX in the New York Times more than 6 years after it came out! Thanks for the shout-out @smartbitches.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
#booksky #twilight
Cover of young adult novel wicked fox. A Korean girl in the foreground with a ghostly fox tail. Stands with a Korean teenage boy in a school uniform. They're framed by a pink full moon Wicked Fox By Kat Cho For "Twilight" fans who love K-Dramas, Cho's romantic fantasy set in Seoul is an addictive read. Gu Miyoung is a nine tailed fox who feeds on the gi, or life energy, of evil men -- a source of unlimited nourishment. Her existence is lonely, with only her mother as a companion. But one night, she stops a goblin from killing a human, a laid back gamer named Ahn Jihoon. When she loses her fox bead and Jihoon sees her nine tailed form, their lives become intertwined -- with shared dreams, deadly secrets, forbidden attraction and grave danger
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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☀️ARCs of GODS& COMICS are here so it's time for a #giveaway! I'm so excited to be returning to Contemporary Fantasy! To celebrate, I'm giving away a signed ARC on Instagram (+ a Korean knot bracelet) #booksky

To Enter, go to my instagram post: www.instagram.com/p/DOghmAXjbl...
September 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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THIS is why I'm so proud that the creative team behind #kpopdemonhunters were largely Korean diaspora. bc we're often told we're not "Korean enough" to tell our own cultural stories (while being told we're not American/etc enough either), which isn't true
Our interpretation of our culture IS valid!
Maggie Kang, director of K-Pop Demon Hunters, saying "Like, 'Am I Korean enough to make this movie?'" Maggie Kang, director of K-Pop Demon Hunters, saying "I think everybody has a different relationship with their culture." Maggie Kang, director of K-Pop Demon Hunters, saying "That doesn't mean I'm not Korean." Ahn Hyoseop replies, "Right."
September 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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It's the last Barnes & Noble Pre-order sale of the year and the First time you can pre-order GODS & COMICS!
Preorders really help show our publishers and big stores like B&N that readers want and support our books!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gods-comic...
@barnesandnoble.com #bnpreorder #booksky
Barnes & Noble Last Pre-Order Sale of the Year. Use Preorder25 Sept 3-5, 2025 With Book cover for Young Adult fantasy novel, Gods & Comics by Kat Cho. A girl is running toward a comic spread where a teenage god is coming out of one of the panels. She reaches for him as a storm rages behind the panel. Art by Robin Har Trope Map of Gods & Comics K-Drama Tropes Korean Gods Viral Webcomic Godly Fueds Korean Myths & monsters Out April 21, 2026 With Book cover for Young Adult fantasy novel, Gods & Comics by Kat Cho. A girl is running toward a comic spread where a teenage god is coming out of one of the panels. She reaches for him as a storm rages behind the panel. Art by Robin Har
September 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Before #preDV & #DVPit thought I'd repost some pitching advice(1/7)
Here's a simple pitch rubric:

[CHARACTER] is/lives [STATUS QUO] until [INCITING INCIDENT]. Now if they don’t [MAIN GOAL] then [CONSEQUENCES].
OR
[MAIN MOTIVATION] only problem is [MAIN CONFLICT/HURDLE]

e.g. my old 140 char pitch:
Based on Korean myth, Jihoon & Miyoung fall in love, only prob is Miyoung's a gumiho, immortal 9-tail fox that preys on man #DVpit #YA #OWN
August 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I've been on double deadline non-stop all summer. So of course, now I make Korean Maedeup bracelets
#kpopdemonhunters #authorlife #artsandcrafts
August 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Blue Hair Lee Know is back, baybee!!
#straykids #straykidscomeback
August 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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DYING
August 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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☀️COVER REVEAL for Gods & Comics☀️
🎨 by Robin Har
I am obsessed with this beautiful cover for GODS & COMICS! The comic panels, Grace reaching for Haemosu as he comes alive! It's everything I could have dreamed of!
#GodsAndComics #booksky @penguinteen.bsky.social
🔗: www.katchowrites.com/gods-comics
About Gods & Comics New York Times bestseller Kat Cho returns with a fresh contemporary, fantasy romance about a teen whose life is upended when the gods in her anonymous viral web comic inspired by a forgotten Korean myth come to life and the hero falls in love with her. Seventeen-year-old junior class vice president Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out. With plans to become a doctor like both her parents, Grace has her sights set on Boston University's intensive science summer program--which will put her on the fast track to medical school. When she's not at school or studying, Grace writes and illustrates her webcomic, Sun God, inspired by the Korean myth of Haemosu about two teenage gods trapped in human form who are cursed to live in the modern world, and perhaps worst of all, to attend public high school. She started the comic as a way to honor her grandmother who used to tell her all the old myths before she died. Grace never expected the comic to go viral, but it has, and she's still spinning from the excitement of having thousands of readers. But somehow the power of all those readers has conjured the real Haemosu and now it's up to Grace to get him back to his own realm. As Grace and Hae try to figure out a way for Hae to return home, the two become close. Hae challenges everything Grace has ever believed about herself even making her braver in the face of her near-crippling anxiety. hae learns he is fallible, after all and waht it means to sacrifice for those you love. But Hae isn't the only god to find themselves suddenly trapped in the mortal realm and now a battle is on the horizon. Grace and Hae fight side by side, but in the end, will their burgeoning love keep them together or tear them apart?
July 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Sorry I had to 😅 My bad Photoshop skills strike again! #kpopdemonhunters style this time! www.instagram.com/p/DL5FwihAR8...
Huntrix and Healer Han from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS holding books by author Kat Cho. Including WICKED FOX, VICIOUS SPIRITS, ONCE UPON A K-PROM, and WISH UPON A K-STAR
July 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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If you loved #kpopdemonhunters use PREORDER25 on Korean books at the B&N sale:
THE LAST TIGER by Julia&Brad Riew
& THE RIVER DRAGS HER DOWN by Jihyun Yun
THE DEMON & THE LIGHT by Axie Oh
YULI by S Jae-Jones
BEHIND 5 WILLOWS by June Hur
KING FORETOLD by Jayci Lee
JULIA SONG IS UNDATEABLE by Susan Lee
July 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Remember when writers warned companies that people would find GenAI writing bland and derivative? Remember when we said they'd just have to pay real people to fix the boring writing GenAI created?
July 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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"oopsies" is right...
futurism.com/companies-fi...
companies that tried to save money with AI are not spending a fortune hirign people to fix its mistakes oopsies Jul 6 6:00 AM EDT by Noor Al-Sibai
July 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Don't worry I do still talk about K-pop a lot... #booksky #kpop
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6edDr33/
July 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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📣📖NEW BOOK DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT📣📖
GODS & COMICS--about a girl whose viral webcomic inadvertently brings back the Korean gods--comes out Spring 2026 with Penguin!
🤴👸hot teenage gods
👹🌩🌊mythological monster
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩lgbtq secondary romance
🐶derpy Korean mythology creature sidekick!
#booksky #bookannouncement
Stacey Barney at Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books has acquired, in an exclusive submission, GODS & COMICS by international and NYT bestselling author Kat Cho (Wicked Fox, Once Upon a K-Prom). The YA fantasy romance follows a teen girl whose viral web comic accidentally brings back ancient Korean gods—including the charming Haemosu. Publication is slated for Spring 2026; Beth Phelan at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency brokered the deal for world English rights.
June 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I have an upcoming YA fantasy I can't talk about yet...but just know that when my publisher gives me the go-ahead, the (jeoseung) saja imagery from K-POP DEMON HUNTERS will be perfect for it...
#kpopdemonhunters #sajaboys #booksky
boy leaning back in a historical korean hanbok style outfit and hat, styled in a Korean reaper five boys in k-pop poses in historical korean hanbok style outfit and hat, styled in a Korean reaper A demonic looking Korean boy with claw-like fingers five boys in historical korean hanbok style outfit and hat, styled in a Korean reaper
June 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Stray Kids did in fact dominATE Citi Field #straykidsdominate #straykids
Korean girl dressed in black and gold modern hanbok inspired outfit. Holding a stray kids light stick Wide shot of stray kids concert in NYC at Citi Field. Photo of four stray kids members, hyunjin, seungmin, Changbin, and Felix Photo of three stray kids members. I.N., Lee Know, and Han
June 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Know your rights when interacting with immigration agents 1. if you're in a public space, you can ask if you're free to leave. if so, you can calmly walk away. 2. you have the right to remain silent, even if you're arrested. you do not have to discuss your immigration status with anyone. if you're arrested, you can say that you wish to remain silent until speaking with a lawyer. 3. you have the right to refuse consent to a search. 4. if you have valid immigration documents, you're required to show them. never provide fake documents. 5. you have the right to record your interaction with immigration agents as long as you do not interefere. 6. if you're at home, you do not have to open the door. ice agents may not enter unless they have a warrant signed by a judge (have them slip it under the door). if they force their way in, do not resist, but you can remain silent.
June 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Stay safe everyone. And know your rights
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Protest Rights: 1. You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. 2. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police. 3. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries. 4. If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away. 5. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present. 6. If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement officer at a protest, you have the right to remain silent to tell them that you'll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney -- no matter your citizenship or immigration status.
June 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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My new favorite sequence of photos #gdragon #CL
K-Pop idol G-Dragon teasing fellow idol, CL K-Pop idol CL smiling at the camera while idol G-Dragon holds his arm with a pained expression
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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#aapiheritagemonth #booksky #supportindiebookstores
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May 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM