About
Kira Chung Judish is a Korean American and Jewish writer based in Silver Spring, Maryland. A graduate of Amherst College, she is pursuing a doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine and was named a 2025 Periplus Fellowship finalist. In addition to writing, she performs in local theatre productions.
Featured Work
FLYING GEESE AND OTHER FICTIONS
Kira Chung Judish's FLYING GEESE AND OTHER FICTIONS, pitched in the vein of R.F. Kuang, Kristin Chen, Weike Wang and Celeste Ng, about family, ambition, and the pressure to succeed, involving a Korean immigrant family in Fairfax, Virginia, and what happens when a daughter's lie about early acceptance to Harvard spins out of control, to Andrea Walker at Harper, in a pre-empt, by Tyler Monson at Sterling Lord Literistic (NA).
