Juhea Kim is an internationally bestselling author known for her debut novel, Beasts of a Little Land, which was a finalist for the 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize and won the 2024 Yasnaya Polyana Award, Russia's prestigious literary prize awarded by the Leo Tolstoy Estate-Museum. Demonstrating her commitment to wildlife conservation, Juhea is donating the entire prize money to Siberian tiger and Amur leopard conservation efforts.

Beasts of a Little Land has been published in 13 countries and is currently being adapted into a TV series. Notably, she donates a portion of the worldwide proceeds from the novel to tiger and leopard conservation.

Her second novel, City of Night Birds, is anticipated for release in November 2024, with part of its proceeds supporting Caritas Somalia, a development and relief organization.