Thomas Chung
Thomas Chung is a Seoul-born novelist whose stories search for the unseen doorways between faith and fear, silence and revelation. His debut thriller, The Celestial Gate Murders, explores the mysteries that linger at the edges of ritual, memory, and the unconscious.
A lifelong student of dreams and symbols, Thomas writes with a quiet urgency, drawing on years of journaling lucid dreams and studying the deep waters of the anima. When not writing, he lives with his family—and a contemplative turtle named Jemil—while charting the hidden maps of the soul.
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