Hannah
Michell

Hannah Michell was born in England and raised in Seoul. Her first novel, The Defections, was published in France and the UK in 2014 to wide acclaim. Her second novel, Excavations (One World, 2023), was named one of the best crime novels of 2023 by LitHub and one of the top ten mysteries of 2023 by Publishers Weekly. She has taught at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and the Dominican University of California.

At American Studies Leipzig, Hannah Michell will teach two classes and give a public reading during his stay at Leipzig University.