Sujin Witherspoon
Romcom and Thriller Author
One wilderness game show. Two teens with a plan to win. Three simple rules:
Pretend to be reality TV’s newest, cutest couple.
Ignore any not-so-fake feelings.
Don’t go off script.
For fans of Jenny Han and Better Than the Movies, this infuriatingly adorable enemies-to-lovers coffee shop romance follows two teens who begrudgingly fake a relationship online to save their failing Korean cafe.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 24 - 25
YALLWEST Book Festival 2026
YALLWEST book festival, first hosted in 2015, is a young adult and middle grade book festival in Santa Monica, California. bringing together around 70 authors and illustrators for a Saturday full of panels, signings, and special events, YALLWEST is a free-to-enter festival and a delightfully good time.
View Sujin’s festival schedule here.
1 - 4 PM
Santa Monica High School
Santa Monica, CA
Saturday, May 9
11:00 AM - 1 PM
Branches Book Nook
23631 Maple Valley Black Diamond Rd SE Maple Valley, WA 98038
Meet the Author: Sujin Witherspoon
Join us for a conversation with PNW author Sujin Witherspoon (author of Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted, and Bingsu for Two)! Perfect for aspiring authors, this event will explore the writing journey and the publishing industry, followed by a book signing.
Free event, walk-ins welcome!
Come celebrate the release of Sujin Witherspoon’s sophomore novel, SEYOON AND DEAN, UNSCRIPTED: A rivals-to-lovers YA romcom starring two teens competing in a high-stakes game show set in the Pacific Northwest Woods!
Tuesday, April 7 @ 7 PM
Launch Event: Elliot Bay Book Company | Seattle, WA
Seattle author and artist Sujin Witherspoon returns to the store to launch her sophomore young adult novel, Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted, in which two teens compete to win a reality show in the woods of the PNW...but the producers frame them as rivals-to-lovers. She is joined by fellow romance author Rachel Runya Katz.
Friday, April 10 @ 6 PM
Book Event: Grand Gesture Books | Portland, OR
Please join us at Grand Gesture Books for an in-person event for Pacific Northwest based romance author Sujin Witherspoon on April 10th at 6pm! She will be here to discuss the second young adult romance, SEYOON AND DEAN, UNSCRIPTED. Sujin will be joined in conversation by local young adult romance author Sydney Langford. The event will include an audience Q&A and signing.
Saturday, April 11 @ 12 PM
Book Event: Hardcover Books | Mill Creek, WA
Details to come. Join us for a book signing with Sujin Witherspoon, joined by Aleenah Ansari, on April 11 from 12:00–2:00pm.
This is a free, drop-in event, and books will be available for purchase at the event. RSVP encouraged. All ages are welcome.
Meet the Author
Sujin Witherspoon is a Korean American author, artist, and lover of words she can’t pronounce. She gravitates toward stories that will either plague her nightmares or make her stomach hurt from laughter—no in between. She earned her degree in English from the University of Washington and now spends her time writing, thinking about writing, or exploring Seattle. You can find her online at sujinwitherspoon.com
Sujin is represented by Maeve MacLysaght of Aevitas Creative Management.