Axie now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with her dog, Toro.

For graduate school, Axie returned to the east coast where she earned her MFA in Writing for Young People at Lesley University. Axie grew up in New Jersey and then moved to California to do her undergraduate studies at the University of California in San Diego. Miss Axie Oh made her debut as an author in 2017 with “Rebel Seoul,” which also won the New Visions Award for science fiction. We had the pleasure of interviewing the writer of this exciting novel. But as fans of K-Pop know, it’s beyond difficult for idols to date. Not only is he a student there, he’s also a member of a popular boy group! Crossing paths once again, Jenny and Jaewoo start to fall in love. It isn’t long before she discovers that Jaewoo is attending the same academy as she is. Three months pass by and Jenny travels to South Korea with her mother.

Romantic sparks fly until Jaewoo vanishes and Jenny doesn’t hear from him again. It’s not every day a fan can find a novel that dives into the exhilarating but also dramatic world of K-Pop! Lovers of Korean culture and K-Pop will be excited to know that a book by Axie Oh, an award-winning author AND K-Pop fan, is releasing this week! The book transports readers to Los Angeles and then to Seoul, right into the whirlwind of secret young love and the struggles of growing musical artists.Īs much as XOXO is a love letter to K-pop, it’s also a love letter to the city.”Īxie Oh’s new young adult novel XOXO is about a Korean American cellist named Jenny who falls in love with a K-Pop idol! One day, Jenny runs into the mysterious Jaewoo in her uncle’s karaoke bar.

The Floating World by Axie Oh