Phillip Y. Kim

Phillip Y. Kim (born 1961) is a Korean-American author of fiction and short stories. His first novel, an Asian financial thriller titled Nothing Gained, was published by Penguin Books in Australia and Asia in 2013.[1] Phillip is the Business and Finance Director of the Asia Literary Review.[2]

Biography

Phillip Y. Kim was born in Seoul, Korea. He emigrated with his family to the United States at the age of one, first to Berkeley, CA and later the family moved to Washington, DC.[3] Kim graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1985 and pursued a career in investment banking. He joined Lehman Brothers that same year and worked in their mortgage backed securities division. In 1992 Kim moved to Hong Kong with the company where he has lived since. He left Lehman Brothers in 1998 and went on to work at Morgan Stanley before shifting his focus to boutique investment banks.

Writing Life

Kim draws largely on his experiences of working in finance and living in Asia in his writing. He initially self-published his first novel, Nothing Gained, under a different title before it was acquired by Penguin Books (China).[4] He has also written several short stories some of which have been published in anthologies in Hong Kong. He is currently working on a prequel to Nothing Gained. Kim also writes a blog on luxury and lifestyle in Asia at http://asiaonepercent.blogspot.com.au/

Works

Nothing Gained (Australia and Asia: Penguin Books/Viking, 2013)

References

  1. ↑ Listing on the Penguin China Website
  2. ↑ "Contributor and Blogger". Asian Literary Review. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ↑ South China Morning Post Interview, My Life Column, 26 May Morning Post Magazine
  4. ↑ Time Out Feature
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