Scripture Untangled

Season 11: Episode 8 | June Hur | Faith and a Best-Selling Author

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Explore more Scripture Untangled episodes.

• How June Hur blends Korean history with mystery fiction to create immersive young adult novels.
• June’s writing being rejected over a 100 times, and how she found her true writer’s voice.
• Writing strong women into Korean history, and how June gives voice to brave women who were overlooked in the past.
• What it felt like when June won the prestigious Edgar Award, and her work was recognized on the world stage.
• Why June decided to be open about her Christian faith as an author.
• Writing about brave characters and how it inspires June to live more courageously herself.
• From the Bible to C.S. Lewis and Tim Keller, and how Christian thinkers and writers quietly shaped June’s worldview.

June Hur (허주은) is a New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award-winning author of YA Korean historicals. Born in South Korea, June spent her formative years in the USA, Canada, and South Korea before studying History and Literature at the University of Toronto and working at the city’s public library.

Her work has been featured in Forbes, NPR, The New York Times, CBC, Vogue Korea, and KBS.

She resides in Toronto with her family.

Joanna la Fleur

Joanna la Fleur is a speaker, podcaster, TV host, and communications consultant. With a Business Communications degree and a Master’s in Theological Studies, she has been helping the Church communicate the best news in the world for over 15 years.

You can catch her interviews with Christian creatives and communicators on the Word Made Digital Podcast, communications training on the Word Made Digital Tutorials and her Bible teaching on the national TV show, See Hear Love.

She acts as an advisor to the Institute of Evangelism at Wycliffe College and is newly appointed to the Board of Governors at Tyndale University.

Learn more about Joanna la Fleur: joannalafleur.com