Meredith Seung Mee Buse is an author, educator and Korean American transracial adoptee. Her debut picture book, Emily Minji Makes Kimchi, is forthcoming in spring 2027. Her writing reflects the adoptee experience with candor, hope and joy, and has appeared in Interim Poetry and Poetics, Ink & Marrow, The Citron Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Komerican Pie, and Severance Magazine. Meredith has received scholarships from the Highlights Foundation for children’s literature (2023, 2025), the Sunlit Residency (2026), and is a Periplus Fellow (2026). She lives in Philadelphia and loves connecting with the adoptee and Korean American communities.

Meredith is thrilled to be represented by Marisa Cleveland.