Elaine U. Cho

Elaine U. Cho is a Korean American science fiction author based in Seattle. She holds an MFA in flute performance from CalArts and has worked as a bookseller at Elliott Bay Book Company, a film critic for Mediaversity, and is currently an associate editor at Shelf Awareness.

Her debut novel, Ocean's Godori (2024), a space adventure set in a solar system led by a united Korea, was an Indie Next Pick, an Amazon Editors' Pick, and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Silver Falchion Award. She followed it with Teo's Durumi (2025).