Elisa Shua Dusapin

Franco-Swiss writer Elisa Shua Dusapin was born in 1992 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, France, and has Korean roots through her mother; she now lives in Switzerland. Her novels include Winter in Sokcho, a literary fiction story set in a cold coastal town, where a young woman's arrival sets off a stretch of blurred days, private grief, and shifting memory. Dusapin also wrote Pachinko Parlor, a contemporary fiction novel, and Vladivostok Circus, a coming-of-age story.