ED BOK LEE is the author of Whorled, winner of a 2012 American Book Award, and a Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, and Real Karaoke People, winner of a 2006 PEN/Open Book Award, and an Asian American Literary Award (Members' Choice).

Lee holds an MFA from Brown University, and has worked as a journalist, phys ed instructor, bartender, and translator.

He has shared his work on public radio and MTV, as well as in journals, anthologies, and on stages across North America, Europe, and Asia. He also writes fiction and plays.