Justinian Huang

Justinian Huang was born to immigrants in Monterey Park, California. He studied English at Pomona College and screenwriting at the University of Oxford, and lived in Shanghai from 2015 to 2020. He works as a film executive, with credits including Over the Moon, Kung Fu Panda 3 and 4, Abominable, and KPop Demon Hunters. His debut novel, The Emperor and the Endless Palace, was a 2025 Stonewall Honor Book and a finalist for the Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel. He lives in Los Angeles.