Esther
is a writer +
a native New Yorker
living in Taiwan

김윤경 재미교포 작가입니다
韓裔美國作者。

She is also a 2025 Fulbright fellow to Yonsei University, Vermont Studio Center Writer-in-Residence, and author.

She’s at work on a book about Koreans foraging namul. This writing project developed from two courses with full scholarships, first a Sterling College Food and Environmental Writing Workshop under Joe Fassler and a Granta Nature Writing Workshop under Jessica J. Lee.

You can find her writing on books and foods in national outlets like The Guardian, The Nation, The Korea Times, and Modern Farmer, among many others. She also edits and writes copy for clients such as alexanderwang, Talent Taiwan, and The New Yorker’s Branded Content Studio.

Previously, she was the Digital Communications Manager of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, a literary nonprofit and cultural cornerstone of NYC. She was first an editor of their award-winning magazine The Margins, curated “Monsoon Notebook,” and produced hundreds of stories, promoting writing from and about the Asian diaspora.

She had a career in books, moving from academic publishing to a major trade literary press to a start-up publisher focused on translations. Finally, she founded a micropress of her own in 2026… Its ethos is decidedly small with a focus on stewardship, rather than scaling.

Born and raised in New York, Esther is a traveler and heirloom bean enthusiast. She regularly volunteered with New York City’s Girls Write Now, the very mentorship scheme that nurtured her teenage ambitions, and she loves to cycle through her city and eat the day deliberately with friends and family. She now divides her time among Taiwan, New York, and Seoul with her longtime partner and the odd gecko. 🦎

Deep Cuts

BA from Wellesley College, an MSc from the University of Edinburgh, and an MA from SOAS, the University of London

Research interests include media/cultural studies and environmental history

Artist interests include infrastructure, maintenance, and process as well as migration and memory, particularly its loss, fragmentation, unreliability

Personal interests include public toilets

Languages: English, Korean 한국어, Mandarin 中文, Spanish Español

Professional Affiliations: National Writers’ Union; National Book Critics Circle; Study Hall

Lectures and Workshops

Taipei American School, Taipei TW, 2026
Wellesley TCO x Wellesley in Taiwan, Online, 2026
Fulbright Korea (KAEC), Seoul KR, 2026
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung TW, 2025
Ghost Island Media x Czech Hub in Taiwan, Taipei TW, 2025
Accent Society, Online, 2025
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT USA, 2024
Accent Society, Online, 2023
NYU, New York USA (Online), 2022
CLMP x Association for Writers & Writing Programs, Online, 2021
Page Turner Festival, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, New York USA, 2021
Association for Writers & Writing Programs, DC USA (Online), 2021
National Centre for Writing, Norwich UK (Online), 2021
Us & Them, Brooklyn NY USA, 2019
London Book Fair, London UK, 2019
National Centre for Writing, Norwich UK, 2019
Inpress Festival of Publishing, London UK, 2018