#53: How Pride and Prejudice Inspired 'Behind Five Willows' With June Hur

This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with bestselling author June Hur to discuss her journey from writing Pride & Prejudice fanfiction to publishing Behind Five Willows. They chat about countless rejections, finding her voice as a writer, the inspiration behind her latest novel, Korean history, libraries, and why she chose to slow down her publishing schedule.

CHAPTERS: 

00:00 Intro & Welcome

01:14 Pride & Prejudice Started Everything

05:30 Growing Up Between Korea, Canada & the U.S.

08:23 Working at the Library & Favorite Books

10:07 15 Manuscripts, 100+ Rejections & Finding Her Voice

16:28 Why She Writes Korean Historical Fiction

18:11 Motherhood Changed Her Writing Career

21:36 Her Writing Process & Writing Korean on the Page

24:27 How Her Books Have Evolved

27:42 Where to Start Reading June Hur

28:18 Behind Five Willows Explained

31:15 Turning Pride & Prejudice Into a Romance

33:36 Book Bans, History & Why Stories Matter

35:23 Writing the Romance & Darcy Inspiration

37:03 A Love Letter to Librarians & Bookstores

39:09 What's Next for June Hur

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