Sam Kyung Yoo is a queer/ace author and third-degree black belt taekwondo instructor from Massachusetts. They graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English, creative writing, and film studies, but have since abandoned academia to write stories about ghosts, East Asian folklore, and sad robots.

Their short fiction has been published by Fantasy, Strange Horizons, among others. Their debut novella “Small Gods of Calamity” is out now, published by Interstellar Flight Press.

When they aren’t writing, they’re working on getting their fourth-degree black belt.