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Stephan is a YA lover, ardent K-pop fan, and journalist. He currently works as Senior Editor at Bustle after a five-year stretch covering books and movies at Entertainment Weekly. At EW, he traveled to Seoul for three weeks to write a feature about Korean entertainment’s world domination, interviewing K-pop idols and Korean filmmakers. He earned an MFA in Creative Writing at The New School.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 6,730 ratings · 1,432 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	K-pop Confidential (K-pop Confidential, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 5,169 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	K-Pop Revolution (K-pop Confidential, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 1,544 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers by Kim Chi, Stephan Lee (Goodreads Author), utomaru (illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like We Were in Paris 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

by Julia Cameron

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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

by Andrew Solomon

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The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

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“Most of the vendors’ faces are tanned and worn – so far from the dewy, white ideal that’s S.A.Y.’s standard. After so much time locked up in a K-pop trainee building, normal faces have become unusual to me. Unusual but beautiful. Interesting. Friendly. ‘You have such a lovely daughter,’ many of them say to Umma, and we bow our thanks.”
― Stephan Lee, K-Pop Confidential: the must-read novel for all K-pop fans!

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