Kat Cho

✨Excited to share my next Romantic Fantasy Duology✨ 📖HOUSE OF FORGOTTEN SOULS is inspired by my love of Korean mythology and whimsical K-Dramas about ghosts, reapers and the afterlife. I'm thrilled to be working on it with the amazing @editoralexborbolla (HOUSE OF FORGOTTEN SOULS is out Winter 2027 with @bloomsburybooksus ) 👻🇰🇷🛁 HoFS is set at a Korean bathhouse for ghosts with a teenage shaman who can see past lives, a girl running away from her past, an infuriatingly attractive reaper, and a lost spirit. I'm excited to return to the world of K-drama-esque fantasies and exploring a brand new world where shamans try to help spirits wash away their regrets. When I decided to include a jeoseung saja (Korean reapers) in my debut (the Gumiho duology), I realized quickly that there was way more I wanted to explore when it came to the mysterious servants of the fifth king of the underworld. And HoFS is a chance to do that! And as usual, I found inspiration from some of my K-Drama faves like Goblin, Hotel Del Luna, and Oh My Ghostess! #bookdeal #bookannouncement #yafantasybooks #koreanfantasy

☀️COVER REVEAL for Gods & Comics☀️ Thank you so much to Robin Har (@saboteur ) for this gorgeous cover art! And thank you to Danielle Ceccolini & the @penguinteen team for making my cover dreams comes true! GODS & COMICS is available to PRE-ORDER now and comes out April 21, 2026 (🔗 on my profile) I am obsessed with this beautiful cover for GODS & COMICS! The comic panels, Grace reaching for Haemosu as he comes alive! It's everything I could have dreamed of! ☀️More about GODS & COMICS: 17yo Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out with plans to become a doctor like her parents. But ever since her halmeoni died, she's plagued with intense panic attacks that make her an outcast at school. To cope with the grief of another loss, Grace starts a webcomic inspired by the Korean myths her halmeoni used to tell her as a child. In the webcomic, Grace spins the tale of Korean god Haemosu and his love Yuhwa, but with a twist—the two gods are trapped in the bodies of teenagers and worst of all cursed to attend high school. Grace never expected her comic to go viral, but what's more concerning is that it has somehow conjured the real Haemosu and now it’s up to Grace to get him back home. Except when she starts to fall for Hae, sending him home is the last thing she wants to do. #GodsAndComics #coverreveal #bookgram #KoreanMythology #YAFantasy #fantasybook

✨COVER REVEAL for WISH UPON A K-STAR!✨ Out April 29, 2025 with Disney-Hyperion @disneybooks Officially available to PRE-ORDER (links in bio!)💞 🎨The super talented @velinxi graced us with her talent for WISH UPON A K-STAR after doing a fantastic job for K-PROM! She completely brought Hyeri and Minseok to life and captured Hyeri's attitude and Minseok's charm. The designer is the amazing @Marci_Senders ! 📘Official summary of the book: Moon Minseok—or Moonster, as the WDB fans know him—wasn’t born to lead. Even as part of the world’s most popular K-pop group, he found comfort in his role as the jokester, the sidekick, the unserious one (with the cutest smile). But now WDB is drowning in dating scandals, and it’s time for Moonster to take charge of his group's image. Shin Hyeri has been dealing with some scandals of her own. An up-and-coming K-drama actress, she’s been labeled a “nepo baby” (with a famous idol as a big brother) and now a bully (which couldn’t be further from the truth). Desperate to show the world that she’s earned her spot, Hyeri is determined not to let her rising star crash and burn. When these two childhood enemies get caught up in yet another scandal while cohosting a K-pop festival, there’s only one solution that will save both of their reputations: appear on one of Korea’s most popular variety shows, Our Celebrity Marriage, where celebrities pretend to get married and compete in “newlywed” challenges. The plan is simple—pretend to get along, win back the fans, then go their separate ways. But what happens when a fake marriage leads to real feelings? Will Moonster and Hyeri bow to the pressures of their fame, or will they decide their love is something worth fighting for? #WishUponAKStar #coverreveal

Meet the gods in GODS & COMICS out now! ☀️More about GODS & COMICS: 17yo Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out with plans to become a doctor like her parents. But ever since her halmeoni died, she's plagued with intense panic attacks that make her an outcast at school. To cope with the grief of another loss, Grace starts a webcomic inspired by the Korean myths her halmeoni used to tell her as a child. In the webcomic, Grace spins the tale of Korean god Haemosu and his love Yuhwa, but with a twist—the two gods are trapped in the bodies of teenagers and worst of all cursed to attend high school. Grace never expected her comic to go viral, but what's more concerning is that it has somehow conjured the real Haemosu and now it’s up to Grace to get him back home. Except when she starts to fall for Hae, sending him home is the last thing she wants to do. #GodsAndComics #KoreanMythology #YAFantasy #fantasyromancebook #youngadultromance

GIVEAWAY TIME! To celebrate AANHPI Month, I'm doing a giveaways all month! This week I'm giving away signed copies of my two K-Pop RomComs: ONCE UPON A K-PROM, WISH UPON A K-STAR! ⭐️to enter the giveaway: • follow this account @katchowrites • comment with your favorite romcom read! • tag a friend in comments for an extra entry! • Share this post for an extra entry (make sure you tag me in the story so I can see it!) • US only • Ends May 15, 2026 ❀༉‧₊˚.ONCE UPON A K-PROM❀༉‧ A young adult rom-com about a girl who made a pact to go to prom with her childhood best friend. But when he moved away and became one of the biggest K-pop stars in the world, she thought that promise would never be fulfilled…until he shows up on her doorstep, cameras and all, to ask her to prom. 𖤓°⋆.ೃWISH UPON A K-STAR𖤓°⋆.ೃ₊˚. In the glittering world of K-Pop and K-Dramas any sniff of a scandal can mean ruin. So, when a PR snafu happens between idol Moonster of the world famous group WDB and rising K-Drama darling Shin Hyeri, the two must join Korea's most popular fake dating variety show in order to get their careers back on track—but what kind of disaster awaits them when they actually start to fall in love? #Giveaway #OnceUponAKProm #WishUponAKStar #bookstagram

Thank you @wordsonwarren for hosting such a fun night! Had a great time with @gkshimwrites & @junescribbles talking books, diaspora feelings, and Asian American books! We left a bunch of signed copies at Words on Warren, so if you want to support an Asian woman owned indie book store definitely check them out!! #aanhpiheritagemonth #aapihm #authorevent

Wish Upon A K-Star by Kat Cho is our Barbara's Bookstore book of the day! Shop in-store for 20% off this great read ✨ "This entertaining novel calls out gender double standards and the brutality of critical anti-fans, highlighting the less glamorous sides of the K-pop world." - Kirkus Reviews #newrelease #kpop #mustread #bookstagram #katcho

🇫🇷 ONCE UPON A K-PROM is going to France with Hachette France!! I can't believe Robbie and Elena still get the chance to travel to new places! But I know a huge reason is because of the support everyone continues to give my K-Pop romcoms! Hope the French readers enjoy! (Also obsessed with the cover art by Kat Britt 😍) #onceuponakprom #kpopbook #yaromance

To celebrate AANHPI Month, I'm doing a giveaway every week this month! To start out, signed copies of my two newest YA books: WISH UPON A K-STAR (romcom) and GODS & COMICS (romantic fantasy) ⭐️to enter the giveaway: (CLOSED) • follow this account @katchowrites • comment with your favorite Asian, NH, or PI read! • tag a friend in comments for an extra entry! • Share this post for an extra entry (make sure you tag me in the story so I can see it!) • US only • Ends May 8, 2026 𖤓°⋆.ೃWISH UPON A K-STAR𖤓°⋆.ೃ₊˚. In the glittering world of K-Pop and K-Dramas any sniff of a scandal can mean ruin. So, when a PR snafu happens between idol Moonster of the world famous group WDB and rising K-Drama darling Shin Hyeri, the two must join Korea's most popular fake dating variety show in order to get their careers back on track—but what kind of disaster awaits them when they actually start to fall in love? ⋆｡˚☀︎｡GODS & COMICS⋆｡˚☀︎｡ Grace Bak's life is upended when the gods in her anonymous web comic inspired by Korean myths come to life—including the charming sun god #GodsAndComics #WishUponAKStar #Giveaway #YARomance #Bookgram

When it's time to celebrate you're newest YA fantasy!! Had a great time at the launch for GODS & COMICS with @swatiteerdhala & @junescribbles ! ⋆｡˚☀︎｡GODS & COMICS⋆｡˚☀︎｡ Grace Bak's life is upended when the gods in her anonymous web comic inspired by Korean myths come to life—including the charming sun god #GodsAndComics #KoreanMythology #YAFantasy #lesserafım 📸 by @rebeccakuss ib @mnijungkook

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate GODS & COMICS and AANHPI month! Special shout out to two of my closest writing friends @swatiteerdhala & @junescribbles for being amazing in-conversation partners! Check out their books: MAYA IN MULTICOLOR, DARKER BY FOUR, BRIGHTER THAN NINE, THE TIGER AT MIDNIGHT, and more! #bookevent #aanhpiheritagemonth

Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Might I interest you in my Korean mythology inspired Fantasy Romance, where a girl's viral webcomic brings back the long-gone Korean gods? ⋆｡˚☀︎｡GODS & COMICS⋆｡˚☀︎｡ Grace Bak's life is upended when the gods in her anonymous web comic inspired by Korean myths come to life—including the charming sun god #aanhpiheritagemonth #aanhpi #aapihm #GodsAndComics