Michelle Zauner

Bestselling Memoirist

In the 2021 runaway bestseller Crying in H Mart, debut memoirist Michelle Zauner spins a tale of family, food, grief, and endurance that builds on her dazzling background as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s high expectations; and of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where her family would bond over heaping plates of late-night food. Years later, when her mother is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, the author is faced with a reckoning of her identity that forces her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history forged in her youth.

Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is in her music. One of the most captivating, widely read books of the last year, Crying in H Mart spent dozens of weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, proving itself as an instant classic meant to cherish, share, and reread.

Michelle Zauner is also known as the artist who creates dreamy, shoegaze-inspired indie pop under the name Japanese Breakfast. She has won acclaim from major music outlets around the world for releases like Psychopomp and Soft Sounds from Another Planet. Her most recent album, Jubilee, earned two GRAMMY nominations for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album.