Frances Cha is a former culture and travel reporter for CNN in Seoul and Hong Kong, where she also taught at Ewha Womens University and Yonsei University. Currently, she teaches undergraduate fiction at Columbia University. Frances Cha’s debut novel If I Had Your Face (Ballantine Books) was named one of the best books of the year by Time, NPR, BBC, and Esquire. The Goblin Twins is her debut book for children.