'I have nothing to lose': Korean author of 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster on writing her first novel, and its main character who's 'a bit violent'

Mirinae Lee, the Korean author of 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster, reveals how a great-aunt’s escape from North Korea inspired her protagonist, who claims to have been a slave, a murderer, and more.

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