ISABEL J. KIM ESQ.

is the award-winning author of USA bestselling novel SUBLIMATION. Her work has been translated into multiple languages, collected in multiple anthologies, and optioned for film and television.

Her YA debut THE APPRENTICE LIAR AND THE DEATH OF THE WORLD is forthcoming from Union Square & Co. on MARCH 2, 2027, and has been optioned for television.

When she’s not writing, she’s co-hosting Wow If True, a podcast about internet culture.

Buy Sublimation (US)
Buy Sublimation (UK)
Preorder Apprentice Liar

SUBLIMATION

Doppelgängers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border: Sublimation asks what you'd sacrifice for a different life.

“One of the best debuts of the year.” —John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain

“After Sublimation, the immigrant story will never be the same.” —Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“Gorgeously rendered and deeply unsettling... a sharp, deeply felt first outing from a writer already at the top of her game.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Sublimation is available from Tor Publishing Group in the US and from Picador in the UK and was picked up by Universal International Studios for potential adaption.

THE APPRENTICE LIAR AND THE DEATH OF THE WORLD

[REDACTED] Arrow-Lee sold his first name to Death in a dream. In return, he relives his family’s death in his nightmares until he can figure out how to rewrite time, cheat Death, and live happily ever after.

Should be easy. There’s only one problem: Arrow-Lee is sixteen and doesn’t know how to do any of that. Fortunately, he’s found Calla, a wizard with a library filled with black magics, and Arrow-Lee has no problems lying and grifting his way into an apprenticeship with her.

Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim’s Apprentice Liar and the Death of the World is a smart contemporary fantasy filled with humor, heart, and the mind-bending physics of magic that’s perfect for fans of Lev Grossman and Maggie Stiefvater.